Towards a ZP-based contraceptive for marsupials: Comparative analysis and developmental expression of marsupial ZP genes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1581-1589

  McCartney, Carmen A ^a,b   Harris, Merrilee S ^b   Rodger, John C ^b   Mate, Karen E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupial; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ZP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZP GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MARSUPIALIA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

DASYURIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DIPROTODONTIA; EUTHERIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS; PHALANGERIDAE; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 35848955205     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20707     Document Type: Article

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