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Abstract
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.
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- Vitellogenin
- Microvitellogenin
- Vitellogenin II
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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History Note
2005 (1986); use LIPOPROTEINS 1975-1985; for YOLK PROTEIN 2, DROSOPHILA use EGG PROTEINS 1990-2004
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- Egg Proteins (1973-1974)
- Lipoproteins (1972-1974)
- Phosphoproteins (1973-1974)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Vitellogenins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014819. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014819
- Vitellogenins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellogenin
- Vitellogenins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76498889