Evaluating zona pellucida structure and function using antibodies to rabbit 55 kDa ZP protein expressed in baculovirus expression system

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 519-529

  Prasad, Sarvamangala V ^a   Wilkins, Brendan ^a   Skinner, Sheri M ^a   Dunbar, Bonnie S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg; Fab fragment; Immunofluorescence; Recombinant; Sperm receptor

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GRANULOSA CELL; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RABBIT; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELL LINE; EGG PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENETIC VECTORS; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERMATOZOA; SPODOPTERA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0029892411     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199604)43:4<519::AID-MRD15>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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