Dominant cross-reactive antibodies generated during the response to a variety of oral bacterial species detect phosphorylcholine

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-85

  Gmur R ^a   Thurnheer, T ^a   Guggenheim, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Cross reactive antigen; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Phosphorylcholine; Viridans streptococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ACTINOMYCES; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PERIODONTITIS; SEROTYPING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOMYCES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CROSS REACTIONS; DENTAL PLAQUE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0033278251     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345990780011201     Document Type: Article

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