Monoclonal antibodies against boar sperm zona pellucida-binding protein awn-1. Characterization of a continuous antigenic determinant and immunolocalization of AWN epitopes in inseminated sows

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 735-742

  Calvete, Juan J ^a   Ensslin, Michael ^a   Mburu, Jane ^b   Lborra, Antonio ^c   Martínez, Paz ^c   Adermann, Knut ^d   Waberski, Dagmar ^a   Sanz, Libia ^a   Töpfer Petersen, Edda ^a   Weitze, Karl Fritz ^a   Einarsson, Stig ^b   Rodríguez Martinez, Heriberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d IPF PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HYBRIDOMAS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 15644363587     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.4.735     Document Type: Article

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