Ectopic overexpression of porcine DGAT1 increases intramuscular fat content in mouse skeletal muscle

Transgenic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 187-194

  Li, Ting ^a   Xu, Dequan ^a   Zuo, Bo ^a   Lei, Minggang ^a   Xiong, Yuanzhu ^a   Chen, Hongxing ^b   Zhou, Yanhong ^b   Wu, Xiaojie ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Intramyocellular fat content; Muscle; Overexpression; Porcine DGAT1; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84871393289     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9633-z     Document Type: Article

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