Characterization of cysteamine as a potential contraceptive anti-HIV agent

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-49

  Anderson Jr , Robert A ^a   Feathergill, Kenneth ^a   Kirkpatrick, Risa ^b   Zaneveld, Lourens J D ^a   Coleman, Kevin T ^c   Spear, Patricia G ^c   Cooper, Morris D ^a   Waller, Donald P ^d   Thoene, Jess G ^e  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosin inhibitor; Acrosomal loss; Contraception; Hyaluronidase inhibitor; Sexually transmitted diseases; Thiol reagents

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; CALCIMYCIN; HYALURONIDASE; MERCAPTAMINE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA CONTRACEPTION;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CYSTEAMINE; HIV; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; VERO CELLS;

EID: 2642690673     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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