Active immunization against the proregions of GDF9 or BMP15 alters ovulation rate and litter size in mice

Reproduction

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-201

  McIntosh, C Joy ^a   Lawrence, Steve ^b   Smith, Peter ^b   Juengel, Jennifer L ^b   McNatty, Kenneth P ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SERUM;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 15; FEMALE; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVULATION; OVULATION INHIBITION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VACCINATION; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84863399027     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-11-0336     Document Type: Article

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