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Descriptor English: Vitellogenesis
Descriptor Spanish: Vitelogénesis
Descriptor vitelogénesis
Scope note: Producción activa y acumulación de VITELINAS (proteínas de la yema del huevo) en los OVOCITOS de no mamíferos, a partir de precursores circulantes, VITELOGENINAS. La vitelogénesis suele comenzar tras la primera MEIOSIS, y está regulada por hormonas estrogénicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vitelogênese
Descriptor French: Vitellogenèse
Entry term(s): Vitellogeneses
Tree number(s): G04.152.650.249.880
G08.686.784.310.500.880
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014818
Scope note: The active production and accumulation of VITELLINS (egg yolk proteins) in the non-mammalian OOCYTES from circulating precursors, VITELLOGENINS. Vitellogenesis usually begins after the first MEIOSIS and is regulated by estrogenic hormones.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
DeCS ID: 15220
Unique ID: D014818
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Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/06/06
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Vitellogenesis - Preferred
Concept UI M0022814
Scope note The active production and accumulation of VITELLINS (egg yolk proteins) in the non-mammalian OOCYTES from circulating precursors, VITELLOGENINS. Vitellogenesis usually begins after the first MEIOSIS and is regulated by estrogenic hormones.
Preferred term Vitellogenesis
Entry term(s) Vitellogeneses



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