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Investigation of the Perilipin 5 gene expression and association study of its sequence polymorphism with meat and carcass quality traits in different pig breeds.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Jun 2018
Zappaterra M, Mazzoni M, Zambonelli P, Davoli R
Abstract excerpt
The growing request for healthier fatty acid composition of animal products is raising the necessity of a deeper knowledge of the main factors controlling fatty acids storage in muscle and backfat. Perilipin (PLIN) 5, and the whole Perilipin family, seem to play a crucial role in the regulation of lipids deposition as code for proteins coating intracellular lipid droplets surface. Nevertheless, the knowledge of...
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