A Tool for Sheep Product Quality: Custom Microarrays from Public Databases

Nutrients

Silvia Bongiorni²  Giovanni Chillemi¹  Gianluca Prosperini¹  Susana Bueno¹  Alessio Valentini² 

[1] Consorzio per le Applicazioni di Supercalcolo Per Università e Ricerca, 00185, Roma, Italy;Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Università della Tuscia, 01100, Viterbo, Italy;

关键词: nutrigenomics;    microarray;    dairy products;    mammary gland;    milk quality;    sheep;    Sarda;    Gentile di Puglia;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nu1020235

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Milk and dairy products are an essential food and an economic resource in many countries. Milk component synthesis and secretion by the mammary gland involve expression of a large number of genes whose nutritional regulation remains poorly defined. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the genomic influence on milk quality and synthesis by comparing two sheep breeds with different milking attitude (Sarda and Gentile di Puglia) using sheep-specific microarray technology. From sheep ESTs deposited at NCBI, we have generated the first annotated microarray developed for sheep with a coverage of most of the genome.

【 授权许可】

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