"Vitelline Membrane" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The plasma membrane of the egg.
| Descriptor ID |
D014817
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.690.886
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| Concept/Terms |
Vitelline Membrane- Vitelline Membrane
- Membrane, Vitelline
- Membranes, Vitelline
- Vitelline Membranes
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitelline Membrane" by people in Profiles.
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Krapf D, O'Brien ED, Cabada MO, Visconti PE, Arranz SE. Egg water from the amphibian Bufo arenarum modulates the ability of homologous sperm to undergo the acrosome reaction in the presence of the vitelline envelope. Biol Reprod. 2009 Feb; 80(2):311-9.