Profiling and Functional Analysis of mRNAs during Skeletal Muscle Differentiation in Goats.

Cell Res. 2002; 12: 9-18. 10.1038/sj.cr.7290105 41 Xie S.J., Li J.H., Chen H.F., Tan Y.Y., Liu S.R., Zhang Y., Xu H., Yang J.H., Liu S., Zheng L.L. Inhibition of the JNK/MAPK signaling pathway by myogenesis-associated miRNAs is required for skeletal muscle development. Many gene expression profiling studies in agriculturally significant animals have been carried out since the introduction of high-throughput sequencing tools, and many genes or factors associated to skeletal muscle development have been found [[8], [10]]. Although progress has been made in understanding how genes work during myogenesis in pigs [[8], [10]], cattle [[27]], goats [[11], [28]], and sheep [[9]], our understanding of the genes involved in goat skeletal muscle development is still limited and incomplete. Among them, we indeed identified many terms related to muscle development, such as muscle structure development, muscle tissue development, muscle contraction, muscle cell development, and muscle cell differentiation. [Extracted from the article]