Serological diversity demonstrable by a set of monoclonal antibodies to eight serotypes of the mutans streptococci

Caries Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-14

  Ota, F ^a   Ota, M ^b   Mahmud, Z H ^a   Mohammad, A ^a   Yamato, M ^a   Kassu, A ^a   Kato, Y ^c   Tomotake, H ^d   Batoni, G ^e   Campa, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Iwate Medical University ^*  (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Iida Women's Junior College   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical isolates; Monoclonal antibodies; Mutans streptococci; Reference strains; Serological diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE COMPOSITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 29144473679     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088899     Document Type: Article

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