Developmental expression

Developmental changes in the expression of the GLUT2 and GLUT4 genes in the longissimus dorsi muscle of Yorkshire and Tibetan pigs

Y. Liang, Yang, X. M., Gu, Y. R., Tao, X., Zhong, Z. Z., Gong, J. J., Chen, X. H., and Lv, X. B., “Developmental changes in the expression of the GLUT2 and GLUT4 genes in the longissimus dorsi muscle of Yorkshire and Tibetan pigs”, vol. 14, pp. 1287-1292, 2015.

Glucose transporter proteins 2 and 4 (GLUT2 and GLUT4) play important roles in glucose transport and energy metabolism. Changes in the levels of GLUT2 and GLUT4 mRNA were measured in longissimus dorsi muscle from the lean Yorkshire and fat Tibetan pig breeds at six different time points (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months) with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions. The results showed that GLUT2 and GLUT4 mRNA were abundantly expressed in the longissimus dorsi muscle and that the developmental expression patterns were similar in both breeds.

Characterization of the male-specific lethal 3 gene in the oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense

Y. P. Zhang, Sun, S. M., Fu, H. T., Ge, X. P., Qiao, H., Zhang, W. Y., Xiong, Y. W., Jiang, S. F., Gong, Y. S., and Jin, S. B., “Characterization of the male-specific lethal 3 gene in the oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense”, vol. 14, pp. 3106-3120, 2015.

In this study, male-specific lethal 3 homolog (Mnmsl3) was cloned and characterized from the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium nipponense (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) by rapid amplification of cDNA ends. The deduced amino acid sequences of Mnmsl3 showed high-sequence homology to the insect Msl3 and contained a conserved chromatin organization modifier domain and an MORF4-related gene domain.

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