Association of LXRA gene variants with carcass and meat quality traits in beef cattle

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3546-3549

  Gan, Qianfu ^a,b   Zhang, Lupei ^b   Xu, Shangzhong ^a,b   Li, Hengde ^b   Li, Junya ^b   Gao, Xue ^b   Ren, Hongyan ^b   Chen, Jinbao ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Carcass; Cattle; LXRA gene; Meat; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; LIPID; LIVER X RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CARCASS; EXON; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; INTRON; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MARKER GENE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 57349126168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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