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From: Impact of agr dysfunction on virulence profiles and infections associated with a novel methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) variant of the lineage ST1-SCCmec IV

Figure 9

Adherence and invasion assays using human bronchial epithelial cell line (16HBe14o-). Top: 96/05 (agr-functional) and 08–008 (agr-dysfunctional). Bottom: Invasion assay was also determined after 3h30 min for the wild-type strain HC474, isogenic agr knockout MHC474 (Δagr::tetM) and the rnaIII-trans-complemented construction CMHC474 (Δagr::tetM, pbla-rnaIII).

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BMC Microbiology

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