SNaPshot minisequencing and a panel of candidate genes for complex routine testing of meat performance traits in pigs.

abstract：:Brucellosis is a highly contagious bacterial zoonotic infectious disease severely affecting the public health and economic features of endemic and non-endemic countries. The present study assessed the potentials of using the touch-down polymerase chain reaction (TD-PCR) compared to the conventional PCR and culture met...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Rahimi H,Tukmechi A,Rashidian E

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enteritidis (SE) contamination of poultry products is a major cause of foodborne disease worldwide. Caspase-1 and inhibitor of apoptosis protein-1 (IAP-1) were selected as candidate genes for chicken response to SE because their proteins play critical roles in the apoptotic pathway when intracellular bacter...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Liu W,Lamont SJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing of pre-mRNA can contribute to differences between tissues or cells either by regulating gene expression or creating proteins with various functions encoded by one gene. The number of investigated alternative splice events in pig has so far been limited. In this study we have investigated alternati...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Nygard AB,Jørgensen CB,Cirera S,Fredholm M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) found in the cell wall of gram-negative bacteria and, in mammals, is recognized by the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in conjunction with the serum protein, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP), and the CD14 co-receptor. We have found ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Kogut MH,He H,Kaiser P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local chicken populations are a major source of food in the rural areas of Algeria. However, their origin has not been well characterized. The objectives of this study were to assess genetic diversity and maternal origin of domestic chicken from five agro-ecological regions of western Algeria: coastal (CT), inland pla...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Boudali SF,Al-Jumaili AS,Bouandas A,Mahammi FZ,Tabet Aoul N,Hanotte O,Gaouar SBS

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Segregation distortion of alleles was found in several regions of the genome in allele type analyses of genetic markers for a swine resource family that had been constructed by crossing Göttingen miniature pig and Meishan breeds. From these regions, a region on chromosome 6 presented a distortion over several consecut...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Yasue H,Mikawa S,Uenishi H,Wada Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The copy number variation (CNV) is the number of copies of a particular gene in the genotype of an individual. Recent evidences show that the CNVs can vary in frequency and occurrence between breeds. These variations reportedly allowed different breeds to adapt to different environments. As copy number variations foll...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Lal SV,Mukherjee A,Brahma B,Gohain M,Patra MC,Saini SK,Mishra P,Ahlawat S,Upadhyaya RC,Datta TK,De S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrate (HC) diet feeding leads to the lysis of rumen microbes and the release of hazardous metabolites, which can trigger inflammatory responses, thereby impairing dairy cow health and production. γ-D-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelic acid (iE-DAP), which constitutes the peptidoglycan (PGN) layer of bacteria, is ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Wang Y,Gao Q,Cheng X,Chang G,Roy AC,Shen X

更新日期：2021-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoid X receptor α (RXRα) is thought to be a key regulator in lipid metabolism, glucose metabolism, adipogenic differentiation, gene expression, and inflammatory response. However, it is not clear whether RXRα has any role in intramuscular preadipocyte of goat. In the current investigation, we report that adenoviru...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Xu Q,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Zhu J,Lin Y

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The past decade has witnessed the construction of linkage and physical maps defining quantitative trait loci (QTL) in various domesticated species. Targeted chromosomal regions are being further characterized through the construction of bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) contigs in order to isolate and characterize...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Rogatcheva MB,Rund LA,Beever JE,Schook LB

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed SLC27A1, a candidate gene for milk production traits in Chinese Holstein cattle. DNA was extracted from the blood of 48 top Chinese Holstein Cattle selected according to phenotypic character and mixed into DNA pool for SNP detection. We tested blood samples of these cattle for SNPs in exon 3 and the 3'-fla...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Lv Y,Wei C,Zhang L,Lu G,Liu K,Du L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to evaluate the transfection effectiveness of retroviral vector PLNCX2 in yak sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT) and the effect of SMGT on sperm motility and fertilizability. Human lactoferrin (hLF) DNA was ligated into PLNCX2 to construct recombinant plasmid PLNCX2-hLF, then, using ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Zi XD,Chen SW,Liang GN,Chen DW,Zhang DW,Yin RH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an acute, highly contagious, and economically devastating viral disease of domestic and wildlife species. For effective implementation of FMD control program, there is an imperative need for developing a rapid, sensitive, and specific diagnostics which help in the identification of sero...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Dash L,Subramaniam S,Khulape SA,Prusty BR,Pargai K,Narnaware SD,Patil NV,Pattnaik B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PPARGC1A) is a member of transcriptional coactivator of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor. It is involved in lipid metabolism, energy metabolism, adipocyte differentiation and regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis. Therefore, the genet...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Chen P,Zhao H,Wu M,He S,Yuan T,Yi X,Liu S,Pan Y,Li Q,Wang S,Sun X

更新日期：2020-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Knockdown of myostatin gene (MSTN), transforming growth factor-β superfamily, and a negative regulator of the skeletal muscle growth, by RNA interference (RNAi), has been reported to increase muscle mass in mammals. The current study was aimed to cotransfect two anti-MSTN short hairpin RNA (shRNA) constructs in caprin...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Hati Boruah JL,Ranjan R,Gogoi H,Pandey SK,Kumar D,Phukan AJ,Bori J,Sarkhel BC

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have demonstrated that FTO plays an important role in adipogenesis. Herein, we designed a small interfering RNA targeting FTO to knock down its endogenous expression and investigated its effects on the proliferation and differentiation of porcine intramuscular preadipocytes. Its possible mechanism was...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Chen X,Luo Y,Jia G,Liu G,Zhao H,Huang Z

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A Cas9/sgRNA RNA-guided endonuclease expression system including a codon-optimized Streptococcus pyogenes A20 Cas9 recombinant protein expression vector and a spacer-guide chimeric RNA expression vector using the porcine U6 promoter was constructed for application in pigs. Only the Flag2-NLS1-Cas9-NLS2 recombinant pro...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Su YH,Lin TY,Huang CL,Tu CF,Chuang CK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A proliferation inducing ligand (APRIL) is a member of the TNF superfamily. It shares two receptors with B-cell activating factor (BAFF), B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), and transmembrane activator and CAML interactor (TACI). Herein, the equine APRIL was identified from equine adipose-derived stem cell (ASC), and th...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Wu H,Bi X,Cao F,Zhu C,Liu H,Song J,Ma L,Ma L,Zhang Y,Zhao D,Liu H,Xu X,Zhang S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is a Class C G-protein coupled receptor that regulates food intake and assimilation. However, studies on the relationship between CaSR gene and growth traits in cattle are deficient. The aim of this study was to examine the association of the CaSR polymorphism with growth traits in ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Yue B,Han F,Wu J,Wang Y,Zhang C,Fang X,Qi X,Bai Y,Chen H

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-a genes were cloned from six breeds of three species of two genera (three Chinese native cattle breeds of yellow cattle, wild yak and HuanHu domestic yak, one European breed of Holstein cow, and two water buffalo breeds of FuAn water buffalo and FuZhong water buffalo) by direct PCR. The PCR products were di...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Shi X,Xia C,Pan B,Wang M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of supplementing diet of growing lambs with microbial feed additive mixture (direct-fed microbial; DFM) based on Saccharomyces cerevisiae, lactic acid bacteria and exogenous enzymes on feed intake, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen (N) utilization, ruminal fermentation, blood chemistry and growth performanc...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Sallam SMA,Kholif AE,Amin KA,El-Din ANMN,Attia MFA,Matloup OH,Anele UY

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible gamma (GADD45G) is a reproduction related gene. In this study, the full-length cDNA sequence of porcine GADD45G gene was cloned through rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) method. The porcine GADD45G gene encodes a protein of 159 amino acids that shares high homology with the...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Liu C,Zhang W,Yang D,Liu Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian transvaginal ultrasonography (OTU) has been used world-wide for commercial ovum pick-up programs for in vitro embryo production in elite herds, providing an excellent model for the elucidation of factors controlling bovine oocyte developmental competence. Noninvasive sampling and treatment of ovarian structure...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Velazquez MA,Kues WA,Niemann H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactoferrin (LF), an ~80 kDa iron-binding glycoprotein, modulates many biological effects, including antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities. Recently, it was shown that LF also regulates bone cell activity, suggesting its therapeutic effect on postmenopausal bone loss. However, a minimal amount is known regardi...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Li Q,Zhao J,Hu W,Wang J,Yu T,Dai Y,Li N

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to investigate the effect of vitrification on survival rate and cytoskeleton gene expression during yak oocyte maturation. The yak oocytes were incubated for 0 h [germinal vesicle (GV) stage] and in vitro matured for 24 h [metaphase II (MII) stage] to obtain immature and mature oocytes. Surviv...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Wei X,Sijie Y,Weibin Z,Qing X,Jie Z,Xiangdong Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) I74 V, a gene polymorphism associated with unsaturated fatty acid contents, was discovered in Japanese Black cattle. Individuals with FABP4 I/I genotype contain a significantly high level of palmitoleic acid compared to those with FABP4 V/V genotype. It remains unknown how the FABP...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Yonekura S,Hirota S,Miyazaki H,Tokutake Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) 12 is a member of the ADAM family possessing a putative role in a variety of biological processes such as modulation of proteolytic processing, cell adhesion, cell fusion, and signaling. Recently, it has been suggested that ADAM12 is involved in regulation of adipogenesis as we...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Taniguchi Y,Doronbekov K,Yamada T,Sasaki Y,Takano A,Sugimoto Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P-element-induced wimpy testis-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are small RNAs that are essential for mammalian spermatogenesis and testicular development. Comparative analyses of the molecular mechanisms of spermatogenesis among different organisms are therefore dependent on accurate piRNA characterizations. In this study, ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： He X,Li B,Fu S,Wang B,Qi Y,Da L,Te R,Sun S,Liu Y,Zhang W

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The first hypervariable (HV1) region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of two popular Nigerian goat breeds: West African Dwarf (WAD) (n=35) and Red Sokoto (RS) (n=37) and one exotic breed: Kalahari Red (KR) (n=38) imported from South Africa were sequenced to investigate sequence diversity, genetic structure, origin, and de...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Awotunde EO,Bemji MN,Olowofeso O,James IJ,Ajayi OO,Adebambo AO

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations between polymorphisms of five genes, calpain 1 (CAPN1), follicle stimulating hormone beta (FSHB), follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG), and retinol binding protein 7 (RBP7), and live weight, carcass composition, and meat-quality traits ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Sun Y,Liu R,Lu X,Hu Y,Zhao G,Zheng M,Chen J,Wang H,Wen J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00