Protective efficacy of two new anti-caries DNA vaccines

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 52, 2009, Pages 7459-7466

  Sun, Jinghua ^a   Yang, Xuechao ^a   Xu, Qing An ^a   Bian, Zhuan ^a   Chen, Zhi ^a   Fan, Mingwen ^a  

^a Wuhan University   (China)

Author keywords

Dental caries; DNA vaccine; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DNA IMMUNIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 70649107969     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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