Novel immunocontraceptive targets in mammals: Uterine secretions and the conceptus; a marsupial approach

Reproduction

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-480

  Menkhorst, E M ^a,b   Cui, S ^a   Selwood, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MARSUPIAL SHELL COAT PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUTOANTIGENS; BLASTOCYST; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITHELIUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROTEINS; UTERUS;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHALANGERIDAE;

EID: 55049091889     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0436     Document Type: Article

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