Effect of active immunization with the C-terminal 67-94 (R-28) region of human seminal plasma inhibin on the fecundity of adult male rabbits

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-50

  Mehta, Monica N ^a   Mahale, Smita D ^a   Iyer, K S ^a   Vanage, Geeta R ^a   Raghavan, Vijaya P ^a   Moodbidri, Sudhir B ^a  

^a Institute for Research in Reproduction India   (India)

Author keywords

hSPI; Immunocontraception; Sperm agglutination; Synthetic peptide

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; INHIBIN; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; R 28 DIPHTHERIA TOXOID ANTIBODY; R 28 DIPHTHERIA TOXOID CONJUGATE; R 28 PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RABBIT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RABBITS; SEMEN; TESTOSTERONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037613677     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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