Specificity of natural antibodies reactive with Streptococcus mutans in monkeys.
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were used to measure levels of natural antibody to defined antigens of Streptococcus mutans in sera from monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). The results suggest that most of the antibody in young monkeys that binds to whole bacteria is not specific to S. mutans.
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008251:Macaca / Q000276:immunology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000276:immunology*; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000276:immunology; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000276:immunology*; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013682:Teichoic Acids; C009900:lipoteichoic acid