Effect of castration on carcass quality and differential gene expression of longissimus muscle between steer and bull

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5307-5312

  Zhou, Zheng Kui ^a,b   Gao, Xue ^a   Li, Jun Ya ^a   Chen, Jin Bao ^a   Xu, Shang Zhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bull; Carcass quality; Gene differential expression; Longissimus muscle; Steer

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HORMONE SENSITIVE LIPASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN GAMMA 2; SOMATOMEDIN C; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPOMYOSIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKYRIN REPEAT GENE; ARTICLE; BOS TAURUS GENE; BULL (BOVINE); BULLOCK; CARCASS; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 26 GENE; FATTY ACID DESATURASE 2 GENE; FOOD QUALITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE SENSITIVE LIPASE GENE; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR 1 GENE; LONGISSIMUS MUSCLE; MALE; MEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EMBRYONIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN 1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SH3 DOMAIN KINASE BINDING PROTEIN 1 ISOFORM 2 GENE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN GAMMA 2 GENE; SOCS BOX CONTAINING 17 GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; TROPOMYOSIN 2 GENE;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CATTLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855232935     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0680-y     Document Type: Article

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