Cloning and expression of swine myostatin gene and its application in animal immunization trial

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 368-374

  Ma, Xianyong ^a   Cao, Yongchang ^a   Shu, Dingming ^a   Bi, Yingzuo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Detection; Gene cloning; Immunization; Myostatin; Protein expression; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; MYOSTATIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VACCINES, DNA; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33746352060     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yc0061     Document Type: Article

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