Passive immunization by lactobacilli expressing single-chain antibodies against Streptococcus mutans

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-231

  Krüger, Carina ^a   Hultberg, Anna ^a   Van Dollenweerd, Craig ^b   Marcotte, Harold ^a   Hammarström, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Lactobacilli; Passive immunization; SA I II adhesin; Single chain antibody; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARIES; LACTOBACILLI; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; SA I/II ADHESIN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARCINOGENS;

IMMUNIZATION;

SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AGGLUTINATION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DENTAL CARIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; LACTOBACILLUS; RATS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 26844528411     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:31:3:221     Document Type: Article

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