Identification and evaluation of an infertility-associated ZP3 epitope from the marsupial brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1499-1505

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

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epitope mapping; Infertility; Possum; Synthetic peptides; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDE VACCINE; PEPTIDE VACCINE ZP3; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEW ZEALAND; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRICHOSURUS; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 75249096066     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.11.052     Document Type: Article

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