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Vitellogenin (VTG or less po****rly
known as VG) (from
Latin vitellus, yolk, and genero, I produce) is a
precursor of egg yolk that
transports protein...
- development.
Vitellogenins are the
precursor proteins that lead to yolk
protein ac****ulation in the oocyte. In vertebrates,
estrogen and
vitellogenin production...
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protein is
apolipocrustacein (apoCr),
which differs from the
traditional vitellogenins (Vtgs)
found in most
oviparous animals.
ApoCr shares greater structural...
- proteins,
protease inhibitors, storage,
lipid transport, enzymes, the
vitellogenins, and
those involved in the
immune responses of arthropods. Some hemolymphic...
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blood proteins into free
amino acids.
These are used in the
synthesis of
vitellogenin,
which in turn is made into egg yolk protein.
Mosquitoes have a cosmopolitan...
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growth and development.
Examples of such
necessary liver proteins are
vitellogenin and choriogenin. The HPA, HPG, and HPT axes are
three pathways in which...
- liver. The
amphioxus hepatic cae****
produces the liver-specific
proteins vitellogenin, antithrombin, plasminogen,
alanine aminotransferase, and insulin/insulin-like...
- Once in the fat body they
target and
regulate mosquito genes such as
vitellogenin,
which is a yolk
protein used for egg production. The
phlebotomic action...
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about 315 million
years ago
during the Carboniferous. The
presence of
vitellogenin genes (a
protein necessary for egg yolk formation) is
shared with birds;...
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leads to an
increase in
plasma vitellogenin levels exceeding that of even
mature female fathead minnows.
Vitellogenin blood plasma levels are an indicator...
