Monoclonal antibody from vasectomized mouse identifies a conserved testis-specific antigen TSA70

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 761-771

  Wakle, Monali S ^a   Joshi, Saurabh A ^b   Khole, Vrinda V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosomal matrix; Capacitation; Testicular auto antigen; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SPERM ANTIBODY; TESTIS SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOLUBILIZATION; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; VASECTOMY;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIGENS; CALLITHRIX; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RATS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM TAIL; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 26944462694     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05045     Document Type: Article

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