A cloned pig model for examining atherosclerosis induced by high fat, high cholesterol diets.

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：:Prolactin is a versatile hormone with multiple activities, including a negative control on egg production. This study was conducted to genotype all the coding portions of the prl gene using PCR-SSCP-sequencing, and to investigate the effects of amino acid substitutions of the prl gene on the structure and function of ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Al-Shuhaib MBS,Al-Kafajy FR,Al-Jashami GS

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CARP, ANKRD2, and DARP belong to the ankyrin repeat protein (MARP) family and play a critical role in the integration of cytoskeletal architecture, stress response, and transcriptional regulation. In this study, we cloned the cDNA and promoter sequences of porcine ankyrin repeat protein (MARP) gene family. RT-PCR anal...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Wang L,Lei M,Xiong Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is known to affect disease resistance in many species. Investigations of MHC diversity in populations of wild species have focused on the antigen presenting class IIβ molecules due to the known polymorphic nature of these genes and the role these molecule...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Bauer MM,Miller MM,Briles WE,Reed KM

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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 present study was undertaken to characterize the structure of S100A8 gene and its promoter in water buffalo and yak. Sequence data of 2.067 kb, 2.071 kb, and 2.052 kb with respect to complete S100A8 gene including 5' flanking region was generated in river buffalo, swamp buffalo, and yak, respectively. BLAST analys...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Kathiravan P,Goyal S,Kataria RS,Mishra BP,Jayakumar S,Joshi BK

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：: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：:The α-adducin (ADD1) is a subunit of adducin which is a cytoskeleton heterodimeric protein. Adducin participates in oocytes chromosome meiosis of mice, prompting adducin has an effect on embryonic development. Adducin gene mutation has significantly functional change. So the present study was to identify and character...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Huang YZ,Qian LN,Wang J,Zhang CL,Fang XT,Lei CZ,Lan XY,Ma Y,Bai YY,Lin FP,Chen H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal effect genes have highly impressive effects on pre-implantation development. Filia/Ecat1/Khdc3l is a maternal effect gene found in mouse oocytes and embryos, loss of which causes a 50% decrease in fertility. In the present study, we investigated Filia mRNA expression in bovine oviduct, 30- to 40-day fetus, li...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Zahmatkesh A,Ansari Mahyari S,Daliri Joupari M,Rahmani H,Shirazi A,Amiri Roudbar M,Ansari Majd S

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Skeletal myoblast differentiation is controlled by a multitude of transcription factors and signal pathways. Myogenin is a critical transcriptional regulator in the initiation and maintenance of myoblast differentiation. The Akt/FoxO1 signal pathway plays an important role in myoblast differentiation. MicroRNAs are a ...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Zhang S,Chen X,Huang Z,Chen D,Yu B,He J,Zheng P,Yu J,Luo J,Luo Y,Chen H

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine pyruvate carboxylase (PC; EC 6.4.1.1) cDNA was cloned by reverse transcription (RT) PCR. The coding region plus 3' untranslated region (UTR) of PC mRNA is 3926 bases and encodes 1178 amino acid PC precursor protein. A 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends protocol was used to clone the 5' end of the mRNA. Six 5'U...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Agca C,Bidwell CA,Donkin SS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a hormone synthesized and secreted primarily in adipose cells that help to regulate energy balance. This study examined the associations of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the rabbit leptin gene with growth traits, slaughter traits and physicochemical parameters of New Zealand White (NZW) and Belgian Gian...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Migdal L,Koziol K,Palka S,Migdal W,Zabek T,Otwinowska-Mindur A,Migdal A,Kmiecik M,Maj D,Bieniek J

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This study elucidated the molecular markers that decrease oocyte quality during in vitro culture, restricting optimal developmental potential. Here, we evaluated the transcriptomic differences between cysteamine-treated and non-treated bovine cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) after 22 h of co-culture in the maturation m...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Chowdhury MMR,Park J,Afrin F,Ko YG,Kim CL,Lee SS,Kim SW

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study designed to evaluate the effect of oligosaccharide supplemented diets on growth performance, histomorphometric changes, economic efficiency and genetic expression of some growth and immunity-relative genes. One hundred and twenty weaned male rabbits, six weeks of age of two breeds (NZW and APPRI) wer...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Abd El-Aziz AH,El-Kasrawy NI,Abd El-Hack ME,Kamel SZ,Mahrous UE,El-Deeb EM,Atta MS,Amer MS,Naiel MAE,Khafaga AF,Metwally AE,Abo Ghanima MM

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In total 52 samples of Sahiwal ( 19 ), Tharparkar ( 17 ), and Gir ( 16 ) were genotyped by using BovineHD SNP chip to analyze minor allele frequency (MAF), genetic diversity, and linkage disequilibrium among these cattle. The common SNPs of BovineHD and 54K SNP Chips were also extracted and evaluated for their perform...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Dash S,Singh A,Bhatia AK,Jayakumar S,Sharma A,Singh S,Ganguly I,Dixit SP

更新日期：2018-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The caprine Insulin like Growth Factor1 (IGF1) gene was analyzed for identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and genetic structuring of Indian goat breeds. A panel of 80 samples belonging to nine Indian goat breeds (Capra hircus) including three large sized breeds (Jamunapari, Beetal and Jakhrana); th...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Sharma A,Dutt G,Jayakumar S,Saroha V,Verma NK,Dixit SP

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:The product of the leptin (i.e., obese) gene may be an important regulator of energy metabolism, adiposity, and reproduction, and is perhaps linked to meat quality determinants such as marbling. Molecular probes were developed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology to evaluate leptin expression in adipose de...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Ji S,Willis GM,Scott RR,Spurlock ME

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:In the present study, expression level of various ATP-binding cassette (ABC) viz., ABCA1, ABCA7, ABCG1, ABCG2, and ABCG5; associated transcription factors viz., SREBF1, LXRα (NR1H3), PPARA, and Solute Carriers (SLC); or Glucose transporters (GLUT) viz., SLC2A1(GLUT1), SLC2A4 (GLUT4), SLC2A8 (GLUT8), and SLC2A12 (GLUT1...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Sharma A,Aggarwal J,Sodhi M,Kishore A,Mishra BP,Mohanty AK,Kataria RS,Kaushik JK,Mukesh M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high resolution SSCP protocol was developed for simultaneous discrimination of the known CSN3 alleles A, B, C, E, F and G. Furthermore, three new DNA polymorphisms were identified in different Bos taurus and Bos indicus breeds or crosses. Mendelian segregation was shown for two of these polymorphisms (named CSN3*H a...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Prinzenberg EM,Krause I,Erhardt G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meat quality traits (MQTs) are very important in the porcine industry, which are mainly determined by skeletal muscle fiber composition, extra-muscular and/or intramuscular fat content. To identify the differentially expressed candidate genes affecting the meat quality traits, first we compared the MQTs and skeletal m...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Xu X,Mishra B,Qin N,Sun X,Zhang S,Yang J,Xu R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growth and carcass traits are of great economic importance in livestock production. A large number of quantitative trait loci (QTL) have been identified for growth and carcass traits on porcine chromosome one (SSC1). A key positional candidate for this chromosomal region is TGFBR1 (transforming growth factor...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Chen K,Hawken R,Flickinger GH,Rodriguez-Zas SL,Rund LA,Wheeler MB,Abrahamsen M,Rutherford MS,Beever JE,Schook LB

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicinal plants exhibit colossal impact on poultry industries by improving its performance and productivity. However, some of these plants show adverse influence too by decreasing egg production percentage, egg mass, and microbiota counts. Green tea, nettle, pennyroyal, yarrow, and alfalfa in the form of seed, powder...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Pliego AB,Tavakoli M,Khusro A,Seidavi A,Elghandour MMMY,Salem AZM,Márquez-Molina O,Rene Rivas-Caceres R

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to confirm the widespread existence of alternative splicing of lactate dehydrogenase c (ldhc) gene in mammals. RT-PCR was employed to amplify cDNAs of ldhc from testes of mammals including pig, dog, rabbit, cat, rat, and mouse, as well as pigeon. Two to six kinds of splice varian...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Huang L,Lin Y,Jin S,Liu W,Xu Y,Zheng Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The grand jackknife clam Solen grandis is a commercially important mollusk species, but has been suffering from severe population decline due to over-exploitation and habitat destruction in China. To promote a conservation program for this species, it is necessary to evaluate its genetic diversity and population genet...

journal_title：Animal biotechnology

authors： Nie H,Jiang L,Gao Y,Xu H,Du S,Yan X

更新日期：2019-01-01 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