USE OF GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR-9 (GDF-9) AS A CONTRACEPTIVE

摘要

Growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9) is disclosed along with itspolynucleotide sequence and amino acid sequence. Also disclosed is a methodfor inhibiting oocyte maturation using GDF-9 inhibitors or by inducing animmune response to GDF-9 polypeptide or fragments thereof.