Molecular cloning and in silico analysis of the duck (anas platyrhynchos) MEF2a gene cDNA and its expression profile in muscle tissues during fetal development

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 182-190

  Liu, Hehe ^a   Wang, Jiwen ^a   Si, Jianmin ^a   Jia, Jing ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Han, Chunchun ^a   Huang, Kailiang ^a   He, Hua ^a   Xu, Feng ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Duck MEF2a; Expression profile; In silico analysis; Molecular cloning; Muscle tissues

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOGENIC ENHANCER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2A; PROTEIN VARIANT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DUCK; EMBRYO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEART MUSCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE TISSUE; MYOGENIC ENHANCER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2A GENE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

EID: 84863289593     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572012005000023     Document Type: Article

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