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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
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
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Localization of a cis-acting element responsible for the developmentally regulated amplification of drosophila chorion genes
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Isolation of multigene families and determination of homologies by filter hybridization methods.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Novel amplification and transcriptional activity of chorion genes in Drosophila melanogaster follicle cells
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Structure, organization and evolution of developmentally regulated chorion genes in a silkmoth
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Two clusters of genes for major chorion proteins of Drosophila melanogaster
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Role of the surface carbohydrates in sperm–egg interaction in Ciona intestinalis
In the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, species-specific recognition and binding between spermatozoa and eggs occurs at the outer… 
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
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Formation of the chorion (zona pellucida) in the teleost, Oryzias latipes. I. Morphology of early oogenesis.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Full length and discrete partial reverse transcripts of globin and chorion mRNAs
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