Mapping of epitopes on porcine zona pellucida-3α by monoclonal antibodies inhibiting oocyte-sperm interaction

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 410-415

  Gupta, S K ^a   Chadha, K ^a   Harris, J D ^b   Yurewicz, E C ^c   Sacco, A G ^c   Kolluri, S K ^a   Afzalpurkar, Abhijit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b Zonagen Inc   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SWINE; VACCINE PRODUCTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0029745731     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.2.410     Document Type: Article

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