Characterization of the yolk protein lipovitellin and its developmental fate in embryos and larvae of winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus
Lipovitellin, the predominant yolk protein of vertebrate eggs, is a mixture of heat-stable and heat-labile molecules in mature winter flounder eggs. The heat-stable lipovitellin fraction, purified from extracts of unfertilized eggs by brief heat treatment and gel permeation chromatography, contains...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1999
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9920608 |