Examination of the immunocontraceptive potential of recombinant rabbit fertilin subunits in rabbit

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 879-886

  Hardy, C M ^a   Clarke, H G ^a   Nixon, B ^a   Grigg, J A ^a   Hinds, L A ^a   Holland, M K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ADAM PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030885960     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.4.879     Document Type: Article

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