Myostatin expression in porcine tissues: Tissue specificity and developmental and postnatal regulation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 4 44-4, 1998, Pages

  Ji, Shaoquan ^a   Losinski, R L ^a   Cornelius, S G ^a   Frank, G R ^a   Willis, G M ^a   Gerrard, D E ^b   Depreux, F F S ^b   Spurlock, M E ^a,c  

^a Purina Mills   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Purina Mills LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

GDF 8; Growth hormone; Low birth weight; Mammary gland; Muscle

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746845652     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.4.r1265     Document Type: Article

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