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Figure 1: IdeSC94G binds to PMNs but does not protect against phagocytic killing.

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Lei, B., DeLeo, F. & Musser, J. Reply to “Streptococcus pyogenes and phagocytic killing”. Nat Med 8, 1045–1046 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1002-1045

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