Accession Number:

ADD014356

Title:

Production of Monoclonal Antibodies to Treponema Denticola by Hybridoma TDII, IAA11.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application, Filed 22 May 89,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Simonson, Lloyd G.

Report Date:

1989-05-22

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

It has been found that the fusion of a mouse myeloma cell line with a mouse lymphocyte creates a hybridoma cell line which produces a uniquely active monoclonal antibody. This antibody is uniquely specific for bacterial epitopes associated with the species Treponema denticola. The uniquely active monoclonal antibody of theis invention may be included in diagnostic reagents and methods used to detect the oral anaerobe Treponema denticola. Keywords Patent applications. KR

Descriptors:

• *MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
• *PATENT APPLICATIONS
• CELLS
• CLONES
• DIAGNOSTIC AGENTS
• LYMPHOCYTES
• MICE
• MYELOMA
• PRODUCTION

Subject Categories:

• Biochemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE