Immunization against exon 1 decapeptides from the lutropin/choriogonadotropin receptor or the follitropin receptor as potential male contraceptive

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-54

  Remy, Jean Jacques ^a   Couture, Laurence ^a   Rabesona, Hanitra ^b   Haertle, Thomas ^b   Salesse, Roland ^a  

^a U Recepteurs et Commun C ^*  (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Anti receptor immunization; Lutropin and follitropin receptors; Male contraceptive; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; EXONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0030296387     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(96)00991-6     Document Type: Article

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