Sequence characterization of coding regions of the myostatin gene (GDF8) from Brazilian Murrah buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) and comparison with the Bos taurus sequence

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-82

  Mota, Lígia S L S ^a   Curi, Rogério A ^a   Palmieri, Darío A ^a   Borges, Alexandre S ^a   Lopes, Catalina R ^a   Barbosa, José D ^b   Gimenes, Marcos A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Buffalo; GDF8; Myostatin

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HERD; INTRON; MAMMAL; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645032877     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572006000100016     Document Type: Article

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