Definitions for vitellogenins
ADVERTISEMENT
Wiktionary
vitellogenins(Noun)
Plural form of vitellogenin.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Vitellogenins
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.
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"vitellogenins." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/vitellogenins>.