Analysis of B cell epitopes of a glycoprotein porcine zona pellucida (pZP1)

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Shigeta, Minoru ^a   Hasegawa, Akiko ^a   Hamada, Yukari ^a   Koyama, Koji ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

B cell epitope; Immunocontraceptive vaccine; In vitro fertilization; Porcine zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EGG PROTEINS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033889612     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(00)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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