| Literature DB >> 4174058 |
P Brandtzaeg, I Fjellanger, S T Gjeruldsen.
Abstract
Oral bacteria become coated with immunoglobulin A in human saliva in vivo. This may indicate that the salivary immunoglobulin A possesses antibacterial activity. Some of the immunoglobulin-coated cocci grow in extremely long chains and exhibit synchronous cell division. The long chain phenomenon may result from growth in the presence of salivary antibody specific to antigenic determinants of the bacterial cell walls.Entities:
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Year: 1968 PMID: 4174058 PMCID: PMC252279 DOI: 10.1128/jb.96.1.242-249.1968
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490