Identification of bioneutralization epitopes of human follicle stimulating hormone in the regions 31-52 and 66-75 of its β-subunit

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Divya, Lal ^a   Mahale, Smita D ^a   Nandedkar, Tarala D ^a   Iyer, K Sankaranarayana ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antipeptide antibodies; Bioneutralization epitopes; Follicle stimulating hormone; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; FOLLITROPIN; MALE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; RAT; REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RABBITS; RATS;

EID: 0342618422     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)01016-4     Document Type: Article

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