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Invitrogen's Protein-Protein Interaction Profiling Service was performed on ProtoArray® Human Protein Microarrays v5.0 (protein microarray) and the interaction with more than 9,000 human proteins was investigated. One Alexa Fluor® (fluorescent dye) 647-conjugated synthetic peptide, provided by the CARI Reproductive Institute, designated as PIF-Alexa 647, was used to probe the microarrays at two concentrations (250 nM and 2.5 μM) in duplicate. The results from these assays were compared to a negative control assay in which the probe protein was excluded. All interactions of the probe protein with the immobilized proteins on the microarrays were evaluated by specified statistical threshold criteria within the array and compared to interactions observed on the negative control array. Visual confirmation of the positive hits was also performed by directly inspecting the array images to verify the authenticity and quality of the signals. From these analyses, a total of eleven (11) human proteins were identified as candidate interactors for PIF-Alexa 647 (fluorescent dye).