Eppin: A candidate male contraceptive vaccine?

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-374

  Karande, Anjali ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIPIDYMIS PROTEASE INHIBITOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MACACA; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION REVERSAL; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; MACACA;

EID: 11344260137     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02712105     Document Type: Short Survey

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