Corticotropin releasing hormone is a promising candidate gene for marbling and subcutaneous fat depth in beef cattle

Genome

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 939-945

  Wibowo, Tito A ^a   Michal, Jennifer J ^a   Jiang, Zhihua ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef marbling score; CRH; Haplotypes; SNPs; Subcutaneous fat depth

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HAPLOTYPES; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 36349011351     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G07-075     Document Type: Article

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