Differential Expression of Genes Characterizing Muscle Fiber Phenotype in Turkeys

ABSTRACT: Because of its high plasticity and rapid growth rate, turkey skeletal muscle is an important model for studying mechanisms responsible for vertebrate skeletal muscle development and function. Skeletal muscle is composed of metabolically heterogeneous myofibers that exhibit high plasticity at both the morphological and transcriptional levels. The objective of this study was to employ microarray analysis to elucidate the differential gene expression between the tonic- “red” Anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle, the phasic- “white” Posterior latissimus dorsi (PLD), and “mixed”-phenotype Biceps femoris (BF) in 1-week and 19-week old male turkeys. A total of 170 differentially expressed genes were identified in the analyzed muscle samples (P<0.05). Gene Go analysis software was utilize

ORGANISM(S): Meleagris gallopavo

SUBMITTER: Lidia Nierobisz 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-23354 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress