Immunogenicity and contraceptive potential of a human zona pellucida 3 peptide vaccine

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 764-770

  Bagavant, Harini ^a   Fusi, Francesco M ^c   Baisch, Jeanine ^d   Kurth, Barbara ^b   David, Chella S ^d   Tung, Kenneth S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL ADHESION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFERTILITY; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; VACCINATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; VACCINES; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MURINAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031045375     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.3.764     Document Type: Article

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