microvitellogenin

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Etymology edit

micro- +‎ vitellogenin

Noun edit

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[1], volume 15, →DOI:
      The B. mori 30KP sequences are similar to those of microvitellogenin in Manduca sexta ( Wang et al.