Differential expression of genes related to gain and intake in the liver of beef cattle

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• 作者：C. M. Zarek ; A. K. Lindholm-Perry ; L. A. Kuehn ; H. C. Freetly
• 关键词：Feed efficiency ; Transcriptome ; Steers ; Beef cattle ; Immune response ; Metabolism ; Cellular transport
• 刊名：BMC Research Notes
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：10
• 期：1
• 全文大小：985KB
• 刊物主题：Biomedicine, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Life Sciences, general;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1756-0500
• 卷排序：10

文摘

BackgroundTo better understand which genes play a role in cattle feed intake and gain, we evaluated differential expression of genes related to gain and intake in the liver of crossbred beef steers. Based on past transcriptomics studies on cattle liver, we hypothesized that genes related to metabolism regulation and the inflammatory response would be differentially expressed. This study used 16 animals with diverse gain and intake phenotypes to compare transcript abundance after a 78 day ad libitum feed study.