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Protein produced in the liver of certain female amphibians (and fish<ref name = pub>Versonnen, B.J.; Goemans, G.; Belpaire, C.; Janssen, C.R. (2004). Vitellogenin content in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in Flanders, Belgium. Environ. Pollut. 128(3): 363-371</ref>), which is converted into yolk protein.<ref>Lawrence E (ed.), 2000. Henderson’s Dictionary of Biological Terms. 12th edition. Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Limited. Harlow, Great Britain.</ref>}}
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Protein produced in the liver of certain female amphibians (and fish<ref name = pub>Versonnen, B.J.; Goemans, G.; Belpaire, C.; Janssen, C.R. (2004). Vitellogenin content in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in Flanders, Belgium. Environ. Pollut. 128(3): 363-371</ref>), which is converted into yolk protein vitellin.<ref>Lawrence E (ed.), 2000. Henderson’s Dictionary of Biological Terms. 12th edition. Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Limited. Harlow, Great Britain.</ref> Vitellin is a protein in the yolk of the egg which acts as a nutrient source for the developing embryo <ref>Ghekiere, A.; Verslycke, T.; Janssen, C.R. (2006). Effects of methoprene, nonylphenol, and estrone on the vitellogenesis of the mysid Neomysis integer. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 147(2): 190-195 </ref>.}}
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

Revision as of 08:37, 12 November 2009

Definition of Vitellogenin:
Protein produced in the liver of certain female amphibians (and fish[1]), which is converted into yolk protein vitellin.[2] Vitellin is a protein in the yolk of the egg which acts as a nutrient source for the developing embryo [3].
This is the common definition for Vitellogenin, other definitions can be discussed in the article

Notes

Vetellogenins induction in fish has been widely used to detect exposure to xenoestrogenic compounds (foreign compounds that act as estrogens).[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Versonnen, B.J.; Goemans, G.; Belpaire, C.; Janssen, C.R. (2004). Vitellogenin content in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in Flanders, Belgium. Environ. Pollut. 128(3): 363-371
  2. Lawrence E (ed.), 2000. Henderson’s Dictionary of Biological Terms. 12th edition. Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Limited. Harlow, Great Britain.
  3. Ghekiere, A.; Verslycke, T.; Janssen, C.R. (2006). Effects of methoprene, nonylphenol, and estrone on the vitellogenesis of the mysid Neomysis integer. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 147(2): 190-195