Dr. rer. nat. Julia Floehr

The role of the plasma protein fetuin-B in female reproduction

Fetuin-B is a plasma protein and essential for the successful fertilization of mouse oocytes. As inhibitor of the proteinase ovastacin fetuin-B acts in close proximity to the oocyte.

My research objective is to understand the interaction between fetuin-B and ovastacin in detail. Therefore I am very interested in the molecular biological processes during oocyte maturation, fertilization and early embryonic development.

Publications in PubMed