Delineation of a conserved B cell epitope on bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) and human zona pellucida glycoprotein-B by monoclonal antibodies demonstrating inhibition of sperm-egg binding

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-75

  Govind, Chhabi K ^a   Hasegawa, Akiko ^b   Koyama, Koji ^b,c   Gupta, Satish K ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b Institute for Advanced Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACACA; MACACA RADIATA; MURINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033970760     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.1.67     Document Type: Article

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