Albumin Is Synthesized in Epididymis and Aggregates in a High Molecular Mass Glycoprotein Complex Involved in Sperm-Egg Fertilization

• Kélen Fabíola Arroteia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kélen Fabíola Arroteia, Mainara Ferreira Barbieri

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Mainara Ferreira Barbieri ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kélen Fabíola Arroteia, Mainara Ferreira Barbieri

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Gustavo Henrique Martins Ferreira Souza,

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, ThoMSon Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Hiromitsu Tanaka,

  Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki International University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Marcos Nogueira Eberlin,

  Affiliation ThoMSon Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Stephen Hyslop,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Lúcia Elvira Alvares,

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Luís Antonio Violin Dias Pereira

  * E-mail: lviolin@unicamp.br

  Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

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