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Title: Scintigraphy of normal mouse ovaries with monoclonal antibodies to ZP-2, the major zona pellucida protein

Journal Article · · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

The zona pellucida is an extracellular glycocalyx, made of three sulfated glycoproteins, that surrounds mammalian oocytes. Parenterally administered monoclonal antibodies specific for ZP-2, the most abundant zona protein, localize in the zona pellucida. When labeled with iodine-125, these monoclonal antibodies demonstrate a remarkably high target-to-nontarget tissue ratio and provide clear external radioimaging of ovarian tissue.

Research Organization:
National Inst. of Arthritis, Bethesda, MD
OSTI ID:
6053612
Journal Information:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Vol. 225:4665
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English