Antigenic characterization of fimbria preparations from Streptococcus mutans isolates from caries-free and caries-susceptible subjects

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-296

  Perrone, Marianella ^a,b   Gfell, Linda E ^a   Fontana, Margherita ^a   Gregory, Richard L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0030917114     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.3.291-296.1997     Document Type: Article

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