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A novel polymorphisms in intron 12 of the bovine calpastatin gene.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Mar 2008
Juszczuk-Kubiak Edyta, Wyszyńska-Koko Joanna, Wicińska Krystyna, Rosochacki Stanisław
Abstract excerpt
Calpastatin (CAST) is a specific inhibitor of the ubiquitous calcium-dependent proteases-mu-calpain and m-calpain, found in mammalian tissues. This proteolytic system plays a key role in the tenderization process that occurs during post-mortem storage of meat under refrigerated conditioning. Fragments of the bovine CAST gene including intron 12 were amplified and subjected to SSCP analysis. Four new SNPs were...
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