The relationship between colonization and haemagglutination inhibiting and B cell epitopes of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-291

  Kelly, C G ^a,c   Booth, V ^a   Kendal, H ^a   Slaney, J M ^b   Curtis, M A ^b   Lehner, T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Colonization epitope; Haemagglutinin; Periodontitis; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030731603     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1997.tb08329.x     Document Type: Article

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