Vitellogenins
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Protein produced in the liver of certain female amphibians (and fish[1]), and which is converted into yolk protein.[2]
Note
Vetellogenins induction in fish has been widely used to detect exposure to xenoestrogenic compounds (foreign compounds that act as estrogens).[1]
Refernces
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Lawrence E (ed.), 2000. Henderson’s Dictionary of Biological Terms. 12th edition. Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Limited. Harlow, Great Britain.
