Zona pellucida-based contraceptive vaccines for human and animal utility

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-246

  Gupta, Satish K ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Suman, P ^a   Choudhury, S ^a   Prakash, K ^a   Gupta, T ^a   Sriraman, R ^b   Nagendrakumar, S B ^b   Srinivasan, V A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b Indian Immunologicals Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Contraceptive vaccine; DNA vaccine; Recombinant protein; Synthetic peptide; Zona pellucida glycoproteins

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; DNA VACCINE; EPITOPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTAMINATION; CONTRACEPTION; DEER; DOG; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; ELEPHANT; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFERTILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMAL CELL; MARSUPIAL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY INFLAMMATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; RODENT; SEAL; VACCINE PRODUCTION; WILDLIFE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMANS; OOPHORITIS; OVARY; POPULATION CONTROL; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 79952702397     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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