"Phosvitin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An egg yolk phosphoglycoprotein which contains about 90% of the yolk protein phosphorus. It is synthesized in the liver of the hen and transferred to the developing oocyte, where it is bound to lipoproteins within the yolk granules.
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D010774
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.256.317.700 D12.776.290.700 D12.776.744.700
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Effect of estrogen on triacylglycerol metabolism: inhibtion of post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase by phosvitin, an estrogen-induced protein. FEBS Lett. 1976 Aug 01; 67(1):28-31.