Possible mechanisms of mammalian immunocontraception

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-124

  Barber, Matthew R ^a   Fayrer Hosken, Richard A ^a  

^a Coll Vet M   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation programs; Ecology; Immunocontraception; Population control; Zona pelluda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ECOLOGY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; VACCINATION; WILDLIFE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SAFETY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE; VACCINATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0033998236     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(99)00063-7     Document Type: Review

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