Assessment of the immunocontraceptive effect of a zona pellucida 3 peptide antigen in wild mice

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 151-155

  Hardy, C M ^a   ten Have, J F M ^a   Mobbs, K J ^a   Hinds, L A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertility control; Immunocontraceptive vaccine; ZP3

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; GLYCOPROTEIN; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; PROTEIN MZP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; HAPTEN; HEMOCYANIN; KEYHOLE-LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BLOOD; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; RODENT CONTROL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HAPTENS; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RODENT CONTROL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036054412     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD01112     Document Type: Article

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