Plasma fibronectin stabilizesBorrelia burgdorferi–endothelial interactions under vascular shear stress by a catch-bond mechanism

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Stuck in the Middle: Fibronectin-Binding Proteins in Gram-Positive Bacteria

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Borrelia burgdorferiProtein BBK32 Binds to Soluble Fibronectin via the N-terminal 70-kDa Region, Causing Fibronectin to Undergo Conformational Extension

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Fibronectin in tissue regeneration: timely disassembly of the scaffold is necessary to complete the build

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Ultralarge von Willebrand Factor Fibers Mediate Luminal Staphylococcus aureus Adhesion to an Intact Endothelial Cell Layer Under Shear Stress

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Definition of the Native and Denatured Type II Collagen Binding Site for Fibronectin Using a Recombinant Collagen System

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Polymorphisms in fibronectin binding protein A of Staphylococcus aureus are associated with infection of cardiovascular devices

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Cooperative Binding and Activation of Fibronectin by a Bacterial Surface Protein

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An intravascular immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cells

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Stretching fibronectin fibres disrupts binding of bacterial adhesins by physically destroying an epitope

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Borrelia burgdorferi RevA Antigen Binds Host Fibronectin

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Demonstration of catch bonds between an integrin and its ligand

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A Novel Fibronectin Binding Motif in MSCRAMMs Targets F3 Modules

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Catch-Bond Mechanism of Force-Enhanced Adhesion: Counterintuitive, Elusive, but … Widespread?

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Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Vascular Interactions of the Lyme Disease Pathogen in a Living Host

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