Relationship Between Vitellogenin and Vitellin in a Marine Shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) and Molecular Characterization of Vitellogenin Complementary DNAs

• Published in: Biology of reproduction Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 355 - 364
• Main Authors: AVARRE, Jean-Christophe, MICHELIS, Regina, TIETZ, Alisa, LUBZENS, Esther
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison, WI Society for the Study of Reproduction 01.07.2003
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; Cloning, Molecular; DNA, Complementary - genetics; Egg Proteins - chemistry; Egg Proteins - genetics; Egg Proteins - metabolism; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Hemolymph - metabolism; Male; Models, Biological; Molecular Sequence Data; Non mammalian vertebrate reproduction; Ovary - growth & development; Ovary - metabolism; Penaeidae - genetics; Penaeidae - growth & development; Penaeidae - metabolism; Protein Subunits; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Vertebrates: reproduction; Vitellogenesis - genetics; Vitellogenins - chemistry; Vitellogenins - genetics; Vitellogenins - metabolism; Penaeus semisulcatus; Molecular structure; Digestive system; Hemolymph; Gene expression; Vitellogenin; Vitellin; Macrura; Crustacea; Ovary; Vitellogenesis; Apoproteins; Arthropoda; Female genital system; Hepatopancreas; Decapoda; Invertebrata; Molecular cloning; Comparative study

The source of yolk proteins in crustacean ovaries has been the subject of controversy for several decades, and both extraovarian and intraovarian synthesized proteins have been implicated. To offer a new insight into the relationship of vitellogenin (VTG) and vitellin (VT), a comparison of extraovar...