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The hidden function of egg white antimicrobials: egg weight-dependent effects of avidin on avian embryo survival and hatchling phenotype

Avidin is a key egg white antimicrobial protein with strong binding capacity for biotin, an essential growth and immune cell precursor. As such, it is assumed to have a pronounced, though still poorly explored, effect on hatchling phenotype. We tested the effect of experimentally increased egg white...

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Autores principales: Krkavcová, Eva, Kreisinger, Jakub, Hyánková, Ludmila, Hyršl, Pavel, Javůrková, Veronika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29540428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.031518