Nasal Colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus Depends upon Clumping Factor B Binding to the Squamous Epithelial Cell Envelope Protein Loricrin

• Michelle E. Mulcahy,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Joan A. Geoghegan,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Ian R. Monk,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Kate M. O'Keeffe,

  Affiliation School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Evelyn J. Walsh,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Timothy J. Foster ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Timothy J. Foster, Rachel M. McLoughlin

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Rachel M. McLoughlin

  Contributed equally to this work with: Timothy J. Foster, Rachel M. McLoughlin

  * E-mail: rachel.mcloughlin@tcd.ie

  Affiliation School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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