Induction of native protein reactive antibodies by immunization with peptides containing linear B-cell epitopes defined by anti-porcine ZP3β monoclonal antibodies

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-125

  Afzalpurkar, Abhijit ^a   Sacco, A G ^b   Yurewicz, E C ^b   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Anti peptide antibodies; In vitro contraception; Native porcine reactivity; Porcine zona pellucida; Sperm egg binding; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; CYSTEINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; EGG PROTEINS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0030902753     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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