Oral Streptococci Utilize a Siglec-Like Domain of Serine-Rich Repeat Adhesins to Preferentially Target Platelet Sialoglycans in Human Blood

• Lingquan Deng,

  Affiliation Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Barbara A. Bensing,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Supaporn Thamadilok,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

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• Hai Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Kam Lau,

  Current address: Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Xi Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Stefan Ruhl,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

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• Paul M. Sullam,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Ajit Varki

  * E-mail: a1varki@ucsd.edu

  Affiliation Glycobiology Research and Training Center, Departments of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

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