Article
Differentiation of salivary agglutinin-mediated adherence and aggregation of mutans streptococci by use of monoclonal antibodies against the major surface adhesin P1.
Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 1992
Brady L J, Piacentini D A, Crowley P J, Oyston P C, Bleiweis A S
Abstract excerpt
The ability to adhere to salivary agglutinin-coated hydroxyapatite beads and to aggregate in the presence of fluid-phase salivary agglutinin was tested by using 25 isolates of mutants streptococci representing eight serotypes. Both adherence and aggregation activity correlated with expression of...
Topics
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Agglutinins
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Proteins
- Female
- Humans
- Mutation
- Rabbits
- Rats
- Saliva
