Identification of a repeated epitope recognized by human serum antibodies in a surface protein antigen of Streptococcus mutans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-128

  Senpuku, H ^a   Nakai, M ^a   Koga, T ^b   Hanada, N ^a   Nisizawa, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigenic determinant; Dental caries; Peptide vaccine; Streptococcus mutans; Surface protein antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CROSS REACTIONS; DENTAL CARIES; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VACCINES;

EID: 0030131134     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00346.x     Document Type: Article

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