Transcriptional profiling of two different physiological states of the yak mammary gland using RNA sequencing

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 7; p. e0201628
• Main Authors: Jiangfeng, Fan, Yuzhu, Luo, Sijiu, Yu, Yan, Cui, Gengquan, Xu, Libin, Wang, Yangyang, Pan, Honghong, He
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 30.07.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adapters; Agricultural production; Amino acids; Animal lactation; Biology and Life Sciences; Biosynthesis; Breast cancer; Calories; Cattle; Cow's milk; Dairy industry; Gene sequencing; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Health aspects; Immune system; Insects; Insulin; Kinases; Lactation; Library collections; Mammary gland; Mammary glands; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Milk; Molecular modelling; Nutrients; Phosphorylation; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Protein synthesis; Proteins; Research and analysis methods; Ribonucleic acid; RNA; RNA sequencing; Signaling; Transcription; Transcription (Genetics); Tumorigenesis; Veterinary colleges; Veterinary medicine; Yaks; Tibetan Plateau; United States > US; China

Yak milk is superior to common cow milk in nutrients including protein, fat and calories. However, the milk yield of the yak is very much lower compared with other dairy bovines. To understand the molecular mechanisms of lactogenesis, lactation and mammary gland development, mammary tissue samples w...