Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 102-114 , July 2008

Production of monoclonal antibodies against recombinant human zona pellucida glycoproteins: utility in immunolocalization of respective zona proteins in ovarian follicles

  • Antonin Bukovsky

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Development, Differentiation and Cancer, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Tennessee, USA
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Laboratory of Development, Differentiation and Cancer, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA. Tel.: +1 865 544 8969; fax: +1 865 544 6105.
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  • Satish K. Gupta

      Affiliations

    • Gamete Antigen Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Pankaj Bansal

      Affiliations

    • Gamete Antigen Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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  • Sanchita Chakravarty

      Affiliations

    • Gamete Antigen Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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  • Manjari Chaudhary

      Affiliations

    • Gamete Antigen Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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  • Marta Svetlikova

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Development, Differentiation and Cancer, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Tennessee, USA
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  • Rachel S. White

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Development, Differentiation and Cancer, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Tennessee, USA
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  • Pleas Copas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Tennessee, USA
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  • Nirmala B. Upadhyaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Tennessee, USA
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  • Stuart E. Van Meter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA
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  • Michael R. Caudle

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Development, Differentiation and Cancer, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA

Received 26 April 2007 ,Revised 17 September 2007 ,Accepted 22 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2007.10.004

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 102-114 , July 2008

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