Testis-specific antigen (TSA-1) is expressed in murine sperm and its antibodies inhibit fertilization

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-45

  Trivedi, Ram N ^a   Naz, Rajesh K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptive vaccine; Fertilization; Sperm antigen; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SPERM ANTIGEN; TESTIS SPECIFIC ANTIGEN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SPERM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERM TAIL; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0036094434     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.1o034.x     Document Type: Article

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