Functional analysis of the Myostatin gene promoter in sheep

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 648-654

  Du, Rong ^a,b   An, XiaoRong ^a   Chen, YongFu ^a   Qin, Jian ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C2C12; Myostatin promoter; Sheep; Transcriptional regulation activity

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROMOTER REGION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA PRIMERS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FIBROBLASTS; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34648827603     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-007-0085-2     Document Type: Article

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