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Complement: a key system for immune surveillance and homeostasis

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The Zwitterionic Cell Wall Teichoic Acid of Staphylococcus aureus Provokes Skin Abscesses in Mice by a Novel CD4+ T-Cell-Dependent Mechanism

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Teichoic acids are temporal and spatial regulators of peptidoglycan cross-linking in Staphylococcus aureus

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Wall Teichoic Acid Function, Biosynthesis, and Inhibition

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The Triacylated ATP Binding Cluster Transporter Substrate-binding Lipoprotein ofStaphylococcus aureusFunctions as a Native Ligand for Toll-like Receptor 2

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Pleiotropic Roles of Polyglycerolphosphate Synthase of Lipoteichoic Acid in Growth of Staphylococcus aureus Cells

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Teichoic acids and related cell-wall glycopolymers in Gram-positive physiology and host interactions

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