Fol. Biol. 2013, 59, 198-203

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2013059050198

Immunodominant Semen Proteins II: Contribution of Seminal Proteins to Female Immune Infertility

Andrea Brázdová1,2, M. Vermachová2, J. Zídková2, H. Sénéchal3, P. Poncet4, Z. Ulčova-Gallová5, G. Peltre6

1Cordelier Research Centre, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France
2Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
3Inserm, Paris, France
4Institut Pasteur, Infections & Epidemiology Department, Paris, France
5Counseling and Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Genetics Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic
6CNRS, Paris, France

Received May 2013
Accepted August 2013

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