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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiology

Real-time evaluation of milk quality as reflected by clotting parameters of individual cow's milk during the milking session, between day-to-day and during lactation.

G. Leitner, U. Merin, S. Jacoby et al. · 2013 · Animal

Real-time analysis of milk coagulation properties as performed by the AfiLab™ milk spectrometer introduces new opportunities for the dairy industry. The study evaluated the performance of the AfiLab™ in a milking parlor of a commercial…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiology

Effects of new polymorphisms in the bovine myocyte enhancer factor 2D (MEF2D) gene on the expression rates of the longissimus dorsi muscle

E. Juszczuk-Kubiak, R. Starzyński, T. Sakowski et al. · 2012 · Molecular Biology Reports

Myocyte enhancer factor 2D (MEF2D), a product of the MEF2D gene, belongs to the myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) protein family which is involved in vertebrate skeletal muscle development and differentiation during myogenesis. The aim of…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiology

Maximal COX-2 and ppRb expression in neurons occurs during early Braak stages prior to the maximal activation of astrocytes and microglia in Alzheimer's disease

J. Hoozemans, E. S. van Haastert, Robert Veerhuis et al. · 2005 · Journal of Neuroinflammation

Neuronal expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and cell cycle proteins is suggested to contribute to neurodegeneration during Alzheimer's disease (AD). The stimulus that induces COX-2 and cell cycle protein expression in AD is still…

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Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessBiology

Genetic variation of the mitochondrial D-loop region containing mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) binding sites is not associated with marbling in Wagyu × Limousin F2 crosses

T. Kunej, J. Michal · 2005 · Acta Agriculturae Slovenica

Mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is a nucleus-encoded protein that is essential for initiation of transcription and replication of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). It has been shown that TFAM binds the entire length of the mtDNA, but…

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