Blocking effect of antisera to recombinant zona pellucida proteins (r-ZPA) on in vitro fertilization

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-64

  Hasegawa, Akiko ^a   Tsubamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Hamada, Yukari ^a   Koyama, Koji ^a,b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraceptive vaccine; Fertilization blocking; Human oocytes; In vitro fertilization; Sperm zona interaction

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING ANTIBODY; DNA FRAGMENT; FREUND ADJUVANT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033914602     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.440109.x     Document Type: Article

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