After electrophoresis, proteins were transferred to polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes using the iBlot (Invitrogen) dry blotting system. Polyclonal rabbit anti-StK and anti-StpA antibodies were used at recommended dilutions of 1/2,000 and 1/1,000, respectively (8 (link)). A Bis-Tris detergent-buffered saline solution with Hammersten casein was used for the block and antibody dilutions (Invitrogen; Western Breeze blocker/diluent). Goat anti-rabbit IgG horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody (Invitrogen) was used at a 1/10,000 dilution, and the proteins were detected with Clarity Western enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) blotting substrate (Bio-Rad).