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Lipoproteins from the Hemolymph and Ovaries of Marine Invertebrates

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Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology

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Lipids are involved in a number of essential processes in the growth and reproduction of marine invertebrates. Membrane lipids, primarily phospholipids and sterols, combine with membrane proteins to form insoluble complexes that are important in membrane structure. Many marine invertebrates have oil droplets within cells of hepatic-type tissues. These droplets are primarily triacylglycerols or wax esters and serve as energy stores. Finally, lipids occur in water-soluble lipoproteins where phospholipids, triacylglycerols, and sterols are combined with various apoproteins. Lipids are transported between various tissues via hemolymph lipoproteins. Female-specific lipoproteins occur in the hemolymph and eggs of adult females of many marine invertebrates. These egg lipoproteins provide protein and lipid for the development of larvae after they hatch from the egg.

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Lee, R.F. (1991). Lipoproteins from the Hemolymph and Ovaries of Marine Invertebrates. In: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, vol 7. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75897-3_3

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