Hen uterine gene expression profiling during eggshell formation reveals putative proteins involved in the supply of minerals or in the shell mineralization process

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brionne, Aurélien ^a   Nys, Yves ^a   Hennequet Antier, Christelle ^a   Gautron, Joël ^a  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Chicken; Eggshell; Mineral supply; Organic matrix; Transcriptome; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHAPERONE; MINERAL; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEOGLYCAN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; UTERUS FLUID; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHICKEN; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CHICKENS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MINERALS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UTERUS;

EID: 84899082862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-220     Document Type: Article

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