Immunogenicity and persistence of a targeted anti-caries DNA vaccine

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 915-918

  Xu, Q A ^a   Yu, F ^b   Fan, M W ^a   Bian, Z ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Fan, B ^a   Jia, R ^a   Guo, J H ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dental caries; DNA vaccines; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750062620     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910608501008     Document Type: Article

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