Characterization of the Streptococcus mutans P1 epitope recognized by immunomodulatory monoclonal antibody 6-11A

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4680-4688

  Rhodin, Nikki R ^a   Cutalo, Jenny M ^b,c   Tomer, Kenneth B ^b   McArthur, William P ^a   Brady, L Jeannine ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ADHESIN P1; ALANINE; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 6 11A; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITOPE MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 3342927585     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.8.4680-4688.2004     Document Type: Article

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