Post-obstruction rat sperm autoantigens identified by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and western blotting

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-53

  Flickinger, Charles J ^a,b   Bush, Leigh Ann ^a,b   Williams, Mollie V ^a,b   Naaby Hansen, Soren ^a,b   Howards, Stuart S ^b   Herr, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoantigens; Rat; Sperm; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SPERMATOZOA; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0033043879     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(98)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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