The immunogenicity of various peptide antigens inducing cross-reacting antibodies to a cell surface protein antigen of Streptococcus mutans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-219

  Kato, Hirohisa ^a,c   Takeuchi, H ^a   Oishi, Y ^b   Senpuku, H ^a   Shimura, N ^b   Hanada, N ^a   Nisizawa, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FREUND ADJUVANT; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; SURFACE ARRAY PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0033179463     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.1999.140403.x     Document Type: Article

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