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. 1989 Aug;57(8):2470–2474. doi: 10.1128/iai.57.8.2470-2474.1989

A major antigen on the outer envelope of a human oral spirochete, Treponema denticola.

T Umemoto 1, I Namikawa 1, H Suido 1, S Asai 1
PMCID: PMC313472  PMID: 2744855

Abstract

Human oral spirochetes are prominent inhabitants of subgingival plaque in patients with periodontal disease. By immunoelectron microscopy using protein A-gold complexes and either polyclonal mouse antiserum against the 53-kDa antigen or 53-kDa-antigen-specific monoclonal antibody, a major polypeptide antigen, with a molecular weight of 53,000 (molecular size, 53 kilodaltons [kDa]), of a human oral spirochete, Treponema denticola ATCC 33520, was found to localize on the surface of the outer envelope.

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