Polymorphism of the porcine leptin gene promoter and analysis of its association with gene expression and fatness traits

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 245-253

  Stachowiak, M ^a   Mackowski, M ^a   Madeja, Z ^a   Szydlowski, M ^a   Buszka, A ^a   Kaczmarek, P ^a   Rubis, B ^b   Mackowiak, P ^a   Nowak, K W ^a   Switonski, M ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fat; Leptin promoter; Pig; Quantitative trait locus (QTL); Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

FAT; LEPTIN;

ARTICLE; BREED; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; LEPTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 33947539624     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-006-9070-x     Document Type: Article

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