Functional and gene network analyses of transcriptional signatures characterizing pre-weaned bovine mammary parenchyma or fat pad uncovered novel inter-tissue signaling networks during development

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Piantoni, Paola ^a   Bionaz, Massimo ^a   Graugnard, Daniel E ^a   Daniels, Kristy M ^b   Everts, Robin E ^a,c   Rodriguez Zas, Sandra L ^a   Lewin, Harris A ^a   Hurley, Hurley L ^a   Akers, Michael ^d   Loor, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEQUENOM INC   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOPOIETIN RELATED PROTEIN 1; BETA CATENIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE PRODUCT; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; LEPTIN; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MYC PROTEIN; OSTEOPONTIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN EPAS1; PROTEIN P53; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIPID METABOLISM; MAMMARY PARENCHYMA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARENCHYMA; RNA METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; UDDER; WEANING;

BOVINAE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 77952611331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-331     Document Type: Article

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