Biologically Active Substance
vitellogenin Audio
vi·tel·lo·gen·in
Subclass of:
Insect Proteins; Phosphoproteins; Vitellins
Definitions related to vitellogenins:
  • Protein produced in the liver of certain female amphibians which is converted to yolk protein.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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