Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 125-133 , July 2008

Expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in the rhesus monkey and common marmoset

  • Jessica G. Drenzek

      Affiliations

    • Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Edith E. Breburda

      Affiliations

    • Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • David W. Burleigh

      Affiliations

    • Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Current address: Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ, USA.
    • ,
  • Gennadiy I. Bondarenko

      Affiliations

    • Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • ,
  • Richard L. Grendell

      Affiliations

    • Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Thaddeus G. Golos

      Affiliations

    • Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Department of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, 1223 Capitol Court, Madison, WI 53715-1299, USA. Tel.: +1 608 263 3567; fax: +1 608 263 3524.

Received 21 November 2007 ,Revised 5 March 2008 ,Accepted 14 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2008.03.005

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 78, Issue 2 , Pages 125-133 , July 2008

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