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Vitellogenins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Phospholipoglycoproteins produced in the fat body of egg-laying animals such as non-mammalian VERTEBRATES; ARTHROPODS; and others. Vitellogenins are secreted into the HEMOLYMPH, and taken into the OOCYTES by receptor-mediated ENDOCYTOSIS to form the major yolk proteins, VITELLINS. Vitellogenin production is under the regulation of steroid hormones, such as ESTRADIOL and JUVENILE HORMONES in insects. A protein found in HEMOLYMPH and OVA of adult female MANDUCA, tobacco hornworm moth.

Entry terms

  • Vitellogenin

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-RV69SX58-6

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