Immunogenicity and contraceptive potential of three infertility-relevant zona pellucida 2 epitopes in the marsupial brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Reproduction

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-186

  Duckworth, Janine A ^b   Wilson, Kathryn ^b   Cui, Xianlan ^b   Molinia, Frank C ^b   Cowan, Phil E ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b National Research Center for Possum Biocontrol   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GLYCOPROTEIN; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION; TRICHOSURUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; EGG PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OVARY; OVULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SUPEROVULATION; TRICHOSURUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 33847369387     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-06-0088     Document Type: Article

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