Novel applications of shotgun phage display

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In a shotgun phage display library, theoretically, the entire proteome of a bacterium is represented. Phages displaying specific polypeptides can be isolated by affinity selection, while the corresponding gene remains physically linked to the gene product. The overall objective of the study in this thesis was to explore the shotgun phage display technique in new areas. Initially, it was used to study interactions between Staphylococcus aureus and an in vivo coated biomaterial. It was shown to be well suited for the identification of bacterial proteins that bind to ex vivo central venous catheters. Several known interactions were detected, but it was also found that β2-glycoprotein I (β2-GPI) is deposited on this type of biomaterial – a finding that is of interest both for the adherence of S. aureus, but perhaps also in view of the occurrence of autoantibodies in certain autoimmune diseases. Further, it is of interest to identify the subset of extracellular proteins in a bacterium since

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