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Chorion (cell component)

Known as: chorion 
A protective, noncellular membrane that surrounds the eggs of various animals including insects and fish. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0721662544]
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Small gene family encoding an eggshell (chorion) protein of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni
We have isolated six independent genomic clones encoding schistosome chorion or eggshell proteins from a Schistosoma mansoni… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Epidermal growth factor binding to human amnion, chorion, decidua, and placenta from mid- and term pregnancy: quantitative light microscopic autoradiographic studies.
All of the cell types, but not noncellular elements, found in amnion, chorion, decidua, and placenta of mid- and term pregnancy… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Isolation of multigene families and determination of homologies by filter hybridization methods.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
A walk in the chorion locus of bombyx mori
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Two clusters of genes for major chorion proteins of Drosophila melanogaster
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Larval hatching from vitellogenin-deficient eggs developed in male hosts of the silkworm
Egg production in insects is generally considered to require the availability of the yolk precursor, vitellogenin. In most… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The silkmoth chorion: morphogenesis of surface structures and its relation to synthesis of specific proteins.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Chorion cDNA clones of D. melanogaster and their use in studies of sequence homology and chromosomal location of chorion genes
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Formation of the chorion (zona pellucida) in the teleost, Oryzias latipes. I. Morphology of early oogenesis.
Review
1972
Review
1972
Crystalline protein in the chorion of insect egg shells.
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