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Identification of a potential functional single nucleotide polymorphism for fatness and growth traits in the 3'-untranslated region of the PCSK1 gene in chickens.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2017
Zhang K, Cheng B H, Yang L L, Wang Z P, Zhang H L, Xu S S, Wang S Z, Wang Y X, Zhang H, Li H
Abstract excerpt
Prohormone convertase 1/3 is a serine endoprotease belonging to the subtilisin-like proprotein convertase family that is encoded by the () gene, and its major function is the processing and bioactivation of the proproteins of many kinds of neuroendocrine hormones, including insulin, cholecystokinin, and adrenocorticotropic hormone. The results of our previous genomewide association study indicated that the gene...
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