Article
Differential expression of genes characterizing myofibre phenotype.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2012
Nierobisz L S, Sporer K R B, Strasburg G M, Reed K M, Velleman S G, Ashwell C M, Felts J V, Mozdziak P E
Abstract excerpt
Skeletal muscle is composed of metabolically heterogeneous myofibres that exhibit high plasticity at both the morphological and transcriptional levels. The objective of this study was to employ microarray analysis to elucidate the differential gene expression between the tonic-'red' anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle, the phasic-'white' posterior latissimus dorsi (PLD) and 'mixed'-phenotype biceps femoris...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- DNA, Complementary
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Male
- Meat
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
- Muscle Proteins
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Phenotype