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Plasmin-Mediated Processing of Clumping Factor A Impacts Bacterial, Aggregation and Abscess Formation during Staphylococcus aureus Infection
Mary B. Turley, Zhicheng Hu, Ross W. Ward…·Joan A. Geoghegan
This study shows plasmin cleaves ClfA, disrupting fibrinogen binding and enhancing S. aureus virulence and abscess formation.
DOI 10.1101/2025.06.30.662199