Title of article :
Quantitative Expression Analysis of Myostatin Gene in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Tissues in Adult Stage
Author/Authors :
elbialy, zizy i. kafr elsheikh university - faculty of aquatic and fisheries sciences - department of fish processing and biotechnology, egypt , el-nahas, abeer f. alexandria university - faculty of veterinary medicine - animal wealth and animal husbandry department, Egypt , elkatatny, nasema a. animal health research institute - department of biotechnology, Egypt , ammar, asmaa y. animal health research institute - department of biotechnology, Egypt
Abstract :
In this study the differential expression of Myostatin gene was investigated in adult stage in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by realtime PCR. Myostatin gene was found to be expressed in various body tissues including: liver, intestine, gills, skin, spleen, kidneys, muscle, eyes and brain tissues. However, the highest expression level of Myostatin was found in brain tissue while the lowest expression level was in the spleen and eyes. These results support the early hypothesis suggested that Myostatin in fish have retained a different partition of the expression patterns compared with mammals.
Keywords :
myostatin , Nile tilapia , Oreochromis niloticus , GDF , 8 , gene expression
Journal title :
The Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences (AJVS)
Journal title :
The Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences (AJVS)
