Chicken yolk contains bona fide high density lipoprotein particles.

Lipoproteins, the major nutrient source for developing embryos in egg-laying species, are thought to be transported from the circulation of the hen to the yolk of growing oocytes. In order to fully understand the contribution of the different lipoprotein species to oocyte growth, yolk formation, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: P M Vieira, A V Vieira, E J Sanders, E Steyrer, J Nimpf, W J Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1995-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520398941