Immune response in rabbit ovaries following infection of a recombinant myxoma virus expressing rabbit zona pellucida protein B

Virology

Volumn 318, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 516-523

  Gu, Wenyi ^a,b,d   Holland, Michael ^b   Janssens, Peter ^a   Seamark, Robert ^c   Kerr, Peter ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Immunocontraception; Ovary; Rabbit ZPB; Recombinant myxoma virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA PROTEIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUTEINIZATION; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 1242283915     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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