Medical Definition of Vitellogenin
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A protein, precursor of several yolk proteins, especially phosvitin and lipovitellin in the eggs of various vertebrates, synthesised in the liver cells after oestrogen stimulation.
Also found in large amounts in the haemolymph of female insects, synthesised and released from the fat body during egg formation.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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