Development and application of a monoclonal antibody-based sandwich ELISA for vitellogenin in carp (Cyprinus carpio)

  • Published : 2003.05.01

Abstract

In teleost, vitellogenin (Vtg) is synthesised in the liver in response to estrogens and transported by the blood to the growing oocytes where it is incorporated by micropincytosis (Selman and Wallace, 1982). Generally, Vtg is not induced in normal male fish but male fish are capable of synthesis Vtg in reponse to exogenous estrogen and xenoestrogens. (omitted)

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