Article
Identification and characterization of SREBF2 expression and its association with chicken carcass traits.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 2 Sept 2016
Ye F, Qiu M H, Xu H Y, Lan X, Zhu Q, Zhao X L, Yin H D, Liu Y P, Wang Y
Abstract excerpt
The sterol regulatory element-binding transcription factor 2 gene (SREBF2) plays an important role in regulating lipid homeostasis. To reveal the genetic factors that underlie carcass fat deposition in chickens, we cloned the coding DNA sequence of chicken SREBF2, investigated SREBF2 mRNA expression levels in various tissues, detected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the exon regions of the gene, and...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Avian Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Chickens
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Markers
- Haplotypes
- Meat
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Open Reading Frames
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide