Comparison of the indigenous oral microbiota and immunoglobulin responses of athymic (nu/nu) and euthymic (nu/+) mice

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-147

  Marcotte, H ^a   Lavoie, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin A; Indigenous oral microbiota; Microbial ecology; Nude mice; Salivary antibody; Thymus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031171206     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00370.x     Document Type: Article

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