Mapping of B cell epitopes on the zona pellucida 2 protein of a marsupial, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 485-493

  Cui, Xianlan ^a   Duckworth, Janine ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epitope mapping; Immunocontraception; Possum; Zona pellucida; ZP2

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZP2 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITOPE MAPPING; FERTILITY; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MARSUPIAL; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; EGG PROTEINS; EPITOPES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHOSURUS; VACCINES;

ALOPIAS; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 14644386862     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20220     Document Type: Article

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