Specificity of the monoclonal antibody 3H8 in the immunohistochemical identification of Candida species

Oral Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 428-433

  Jarvensivu A ^a,b   Rautemaa, R ^a,b   Sorsa, T ^a   Richardson, M ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Candida; Immunohistochemistry; Monoclonal antibody 3H8; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MANNOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 3H8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA LUSITANIAE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; EPITOPES; HUMANS; HYPHAE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 33745278046     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2006.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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