microvitellogenin

microvitellogenin

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ vitellogenin

Noun

microvitellogenin (plural microvitellogenins)

1. (biochemistry) A very small form of a vitellogenin
   • 2015 June 13, Xiao-Feng Shi et al., “Identification and Characterization of 30 K Protein Genes Found in Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Transcriptome”, in Journal of Insect Science‎, volume 15, DOI:10.1093/jisesa/iev057:

     The B. mori 30KP sequences are similar to those of microvitellogenin in Manduca sexta ( Wang et al.