Inhibition of bovine sperm-oocyte fusion by a monoclonal antibody recognising the TEC-2 epitope on bovine oocytes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-178

  Gougoulidis, Tiki ^a   Trounson, Alan ^a,b   Dowsing, Aneta ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Monoclonal antibodies; TEC epitopes

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OOCYTES; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032848389     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199910)54:2<173::AID-MRD9>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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