Muscle development

Myostatin mRNA expression and its association with body weight and carcass traits in Yunnan Wuding chicken.

L. X. Liu, Dou, T. F., Li, Q. H., Rong, H., Tong, H. Q., Xu, Z. Q., Huang, Y., Gu, D. H., Chen, X. B., Ge, C. R., and Jia, J. J., “Myostatin mRNA expression and its association with body weight and carcass traits in Yunnan Wuding chicken.”, Genet Mol Res, vol. 15, no. 4, 2016.

Expression of MMP-1, -2, and -8 in longissimus dorsi muscle and their relationship with meat quality traits in cattle

Y. X. Qi, Zhang, X. H., Wang, Y. Q., Pang, Y. Z., Zhang, Z. B., Zhang, T. L., Zhang, Z. X., Qi, Y. X., Zhang, X. H., Wang, Y. Q., Pang, Y. Z., Zhang, Z. B., Zhang, T. L., and Zhang, Z. X., “Expression of MMP-1, -2, and -8 in longissimus dorsi muscle and their relationship with meat quality traits in cattle”, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the major macromolecule in skeletal muscle, which affects meat quality greatly. The remodeling of the ECM is mainly regulated by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The expression patterns of MMP-1, -2, and -8 in longissimus dorsi muscle were explored using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The results show that the expression of MMP-1, -2, and -8 decreased significantly from 135 days of pregnancy to postnatal 30 months.

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