Porcine Somatotropin Improves Growth in Finishing Pigs Without Altering Calpain 3 (p94) or α-Actin mRNA Abundance and Has a Differential Effect on Calpastatin Transcription Products

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1389-1395

  Ji, S Q ^a   Frank, G R ^a   Cornelius, S G ^a   Willis, G M ^a   Spurlock, M E ^a,b  

^a Purina Mills LLC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Muscle Tissue; Pigs; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWINE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALPAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032062959     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7651389x     Document Type: Article

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