Horizontal transfer and phylogenetic distribution of the immune evasion factor tarP
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.951333
Abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a major human pathogen, uses the prophage-encoded tarP gene as an important immune evasion factor. TarP glycosylates wall teichoic acid (WTA) polymers, major S. aureus surface antigens, to impair WTA immunogenicity… read more here.
Keywords: factor tarp; evasion factor; immune evasion;