Therapeutic effect of llama derived VHH fragments against Streptococcus mutans on the development of dental caries

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 732-737

  Krüger, Carina ^a   Hultberg, Anna ^a   Marcotte, Harold ^a   Hermans, Pim ^b   Bezemer, Sandra ^b   Frenken, Leon G J ^c   Hammarström, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Biotechnology Application Centre   (Netherlands)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN MOLECULE; DENTAL CARIES; MUTANS; THERAPEUTIC EFFECT;

ANTIBODIES; ASSAYS; ENZYME KINETICS; IMMUNOLOGY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ADHESIN; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN ANTIBODY; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM; DENTAL HEALTH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SALIVA; SEROTYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; THERAPY EFFECT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DENTAL CARIES; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOTOXINS; MOUTH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; LAMA GLAMA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33749036261     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0347-0     Document Type: Article

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