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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey D Harris, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Kuang T Hsu, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Joseph S Podolski, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Zonagen, Inc., The Woodlands, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 693 ; 435 691 ; 4353201 ; 4352521 ; 435325 ; 536 235 ;
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.