Effect of antibodies against seminal vesicle secretion on fertility in the rat

Zygote

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-231

  Carballada, Rosa ^a   Esponda, Pedro ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allo antibodies; Fertility; Seminal plasma; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERM CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; SECRETION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRUS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GERM CELLS; IMMUNIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 0033174004     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S096719949900060X     Document Type: Article

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