Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector – Amino acid sequence disclosed in whole or in part; or...
Patent
1993-11-09
2000-02-22
Chan, Christina Y.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector
Amino acid sequence disclosed in whole or in part; or...
4241841, 4241921, 424582, 424811, 4241301, 4241391, 4241411, 4241431, 4241521, 530350, 530395, 530326, 530327, 5303879, 53038822, A61K 3900
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ABSTRACT:
A method for specifically inducing transient infertility or permanent sterility in a host animal by selective vaccination with specific zona pellucida proteins or immunocontraceptively active fragments thereof. Novel zona pellucida DNA sequences encoding specific zona pellucida proteins are disclosed.
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Harris Jeffrey D.
Hsu Kuang T.
Podolski Joseph S.
Chan Christina Y.
Nolan Patrick J.
Zonagen, Inc.
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