- Concept UI
- M0022816
- Scope Note
- 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.
- Terms
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Vitellogenins
Preferred Term
Term UI
T559303
Date11/20/2003
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2005)
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Vitellogenin
Term UI
T043335
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1975)