vitelline membrane
41water-hardening — the phenomena involving the movement of water into the perivitelline space (between the external capsular membrane and the vitelline membrane) and the toughening of the capsular membrane of a teleost egg freshly released into water. Takes about a …
42vitellus — n. yolk of egg. ♦ vitelline, a. pertaining to or coloured like egg yolk. ♦ vitelline ♦ membrane, sac surrounding fertilized ovum. ♦ vitellin, n. protein in egg yolk …
43oolemma — Plasma membrane of the oocyte. [G. oon, egg, + lemma, sheath] * * * oo·lem·ma .ō ə lem ə n 1) ZONA PELLUCIDA 2) VITELLINE MEMBRANE * * * oo·lem·ma (o″o lemґə) [oo + lemma] …
44oolemma — ˌōəˈlemə noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, from o + Greek lemma rind, husk more at lemma : a membrane surrounding an egg: a. : zon …
45ascarylic acid — Material making up the refringent bodies or crystalloids in the oocytes of nematodes, that presumably form the vitelline membrane of the egg …
46oolemma — see vitelline membrane …
47periplasm — n. [Gr. peri, around; plassein, to mold] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A bounding layer formed by cytoplasm in the egg that lies just beneath the vitelline membrane and completely surrounds the egg …
48serosal cuticle — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) An embryonic covering incorporating the vitelline membrane on the outside, and consisting of a chitinous endocuticle (white cuticle), with an epicuticle (yellow cuticle) having a second wax layer …
49bindin — Molecule of around 30 kD normally sequestered in the acrosome of a sea urchin spermatozoon, and that through its specific lectin like binding to the vitelline membrane of the egg confers species specificity in fertilization …
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