A chimeric sperm peptide induces antibodies and strain-specific reversible infertility in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 527-536

  Lea, I A ^a   Van Lierop, M J C ^b   Widgren, E E ^a   Grootenhuis, A ^b   Wen, Y ^a   Van Duin, M ^b   O'Rand, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031826305     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.3.527     Document Type: Article

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