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Genetic variants in KDR transcriptional regulatory region affect promoter activity and intramuscular fat deposition in Erhualian pigs.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2014
Fu Y, Sun W, Xu C, Gu S, Li Y, Liu Z, Chen J
Abstract excerpt
Kinase insert domain receptor (KDR), a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor, is widely regarded as having a principal role in mediating VEGF-induced responses in angiogenesis. As angiogenesis provides oxygen and nutrients for growth and deposition of adipose cells, our objective was to determine whether the promoter polymorphisms in the KDR gene have effects on intramuscular fat (IMF) deposition in...
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