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vitelline envelope

A glycoprotein-based structure that lies outside the plasma membrane and surrounds the egg before fertilization. [GOC:dph, ISBN:0878932437]
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2019
Highly Cited
2019
Attachment of the blastoderm to the vitelline envelope affects gastrulation of insects
During gastrulation, physical forces reshape the simple embryonic tissue to form the complex body plans of multicellular… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Toxicogenomic responses in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes exposed to model chemicals and a synthetic mixture.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Ovarian follicle growth, maturation, and ovulation in teleost fish
Knowledge of ovarian follicle growth, maturation, and ovulation in teleosts is important to many aspects of basic and biomedical… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Gamete Interactions in Xenopus laevis: Identification of Sperm Binding Glycoproteins in the Egg Vitelline Envelope
A quantitative assay was developed to study the interaction of Xenopus laevis sperm and eggs. Using this assay it was found that… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The abalone egg vitelline envelope receptor for sperm lysin is a giant multivalent molecule.
Abalone sperm lysin is a 16-kDa acrosomal protein, which nonenzymatically and species selectively creates a hole in the egg… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A major glycoprotein of Xenopus egg vitelline envelope, gp41, is a frog homolog of mammalian ZP3
A predominant glycoprotein in the vitelline envelope (VE) of the anuran Xenopus laevis is gp41, known to be proteolytically… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Oestradiol-17 beta induces the major vitelline envelope proteins in both sexes in teleosts.
During growth of the ovarian follicle, the teleost oocyte becomes surrounded by an acellular coat, the vitelline envelope. The… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Oocyte growth in the sheepshead minnow: uptake of exogenous proteins by vitellogenic oocytes.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Species-specificity of acrosome reaction and primary gamete binding in echinoids.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Formation and structure of the fertilization envelope in Xenopus laevis.
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