Zona pellucida glycoproteins based immunocontraceptive vaccines: Strategies for development and their applications

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 682-693

  Gupta, Satish K ^a   Choudhury, Sangeeta ^a   Srivastava, Neelu ^a   Ravi, Chitra ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Immunocontraception; Ovary; Recombinant proteins; Synthetic peptides; Zona pellucida glycoproteins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELLS; DNA; IMMUNIZATION; PROTEINS;

EXTRA-CELLULAR MATRIX;

VACCINES;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EGG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038607659     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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