Maintenance of sexual immaturity in male mice and bucks by immunization against N-terminal peptides of the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 323-327

  Abdennebi, Latifa ^a   Chun, E Ying ^b   Jammes, Hélène ^a   Wei, De ^b   Remy, Jean Jacques ^a,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone receptor; Male sexual function; Puberty

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAT; HORMONE BINDING; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GOATS; GROWTH; IMMUNIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, FSH; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0037230249     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.003699     Document Type: Article

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