Cloning and expression of recombinant rabbit fertilin

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-116

  Hardy, Christopher M ^a   Holland, Michael K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disintegrins; Fertilization; Immunocontraception; Oryctolagus cuniculus; PH30

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RABBIT; TESTIS;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029850171     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199610)45:2<107::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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