Low-protein diet fed to crossbred sows during pregnancy and lactation enhances myostatin gene expression through epigenetic regulation in skeletal muscle of weaning piglets

Yimin Jia,Guichao Gao,Haogang Song,Demin Cai,Xiaojing Yang,Ruqian Zhao

Low-protein diet fed to crossbred sows during pregnancy and lactation enhances myostatin gene expression through epigenetic regulation in skeletal muscle of weaning piglets

2016

Yimin Jia
Guichao Gao
Haogang Song
Demin Cai
Xiaojing Yang
Ruqian Zhao

Purpose This study was aimed to investigate the effects of a maternal low-protein diet on transcriptional regulation of the myostatin (MSTN) gene in skeletal muscle of weaning piglets.

Keywords:

Lactation
Low-protein diet
Skeletal muscle
Biology
Weaning
Epigenetics
Myostatin
Transcriptional regulation
Endocrinology
Pregnancy
Internal medicine

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