A Genome-Wide mRNA Screen and Functional Analysis Reveal FOXO3 as a Candidate Gene for Chicken Growth

Biao Chen; Jiguo Xu; Xiaomei He; Haiping Xu; Guihuan Li; Hongli Du; Qinghua Nie; Xiquan Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137087

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

A Genome-Wide mRNA Screen and Functional Analysis Reveal FOXO3 as a Candidate Gene for Chicken Growth

Biao Chen,

Affiliations Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Lab of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
⨯
Jiguo Xu,

Affiliations Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Lab of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
⨯
Xiaomei He,

Affiliations Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Lab of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
⨯
Haiping Xu,

Affiliations Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Lab of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
⨯
Guihuan Li,

Affiliations Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Lab of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
⨯
Hongli Du ,

* E-mail: nqinghua@scau.edu.cn (QN); hldu@scut.edu.cn (HD)

Affiliation School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
⨯
Qinghua Nie ,

* E-mail: nqinghua@scau.edu.cn (QN); hldu@scut.edu.cn (HD)

Affiliations Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Lab of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
⨯
Xiquan Zhang

Affiliations Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Lab of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
⨯

A Genome-Wide mRNA Screen and Functional Analysis Reveal FOXO3 as a Candidate Gene for Chicken Growth

Biao Chen,
Jiguo Xu,
Xiaomei He,
Haiping Xu,
Guihuan Li,
Hongli Du,
Qinghua Nie,
Xiquan Zhang

Published: September 14, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137087

Reader Comments (0)

Post a new comment on this article

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Chickens
Is the Subject Area "Chickens" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Small interfering RNA
Is the Subject Area "Small interfering RNA" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Gene expression
Is the Subject Area "Gene expression" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Transfection
Is the Subject Area "Transfection" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Cardiac muscles
Is the Subject Area "Cardiac muscles" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Skeletal muscles
Is the Subject Area "Skeletal muscles" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Muscle tissue
Is the Subject Area "Muscle tissue" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Legs
Is the Subject Area "Legs" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.