choriogenin

English

Etymology

From chorio- +‎ -genin.

Noun

choriogenin (plural choriogenins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that are precursors to the formation of the chorion of an egg
   • 2015 October 2, “Histological and Transcriptomic Analysis of Adult Japanese Medaka Sampled Onboard the International Space Station”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Among these six tissues, the intestine showed the highest space response with 10 genes categorized as oxidation–reduction processes (gene ontogeny term GO:0055114), and the expression levels of choriogenin precursor genes were suppressed in the ovary.