Rapid and quantitative detection of Streptococcus mutans with species- specific monoclonal antibodies

Hybridoma

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-371

  Shi, W ^a,b   Jewett, A ^a,b   Hume, W R ^a  

^a Dental Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0031684577     PISSN: 0272457X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/hyb.1998.17.365     Document Type: Article

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