Biologically Active Substance
vitellin Audio
vi·tel·lin [ vi-tel-in, vahy- ]
Subclass of:
Egg Proteins
Definitions related to vitellins:
  • Phosphoprotein found in the yolk of eggs.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Major egg yolk proteins from egg-laying animals such as non-mammalian VERTEBRATES; ARTHROPODS; and others. They are high-density lipoglycoproteins derived from circulating precursors, VITELLOGENINS. Vitellins serve as nutrients for the growing non-mammalian embryos (EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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