Ectopic Expression of Retrotransposon-Derived PEG11/RTL1 Contributes to the Callipyge Muscular Hypertrophy

Xuewen Xu; Fabien Ectors; Erica E. Davis; Dimitri Pirottin; Huijun Cheng; Frédéric Farnir; Tracy Hadfield; Noelle Cockett; Carole Charlier; Michel Georges; Haruko Takeda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140594

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Ectopic Expression of Retrotransposon-Derived PEG11/RTL1 Contributes to the Callipyge Muscular Hypertrophy

Xuewen Xu,

Current Address: Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Research Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium
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Fabien Ectors,

Affiliation Transgenic platform, FARAH and GIGA Research Center, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium
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Erica E. Davis,

Current Address: Center for Human Disease Modeling and Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Research Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium
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Dimitri Pirottin,

Current Address: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, GIGA-Research Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Research Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium
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Huijun Cheng,

Current Address: Key Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Research Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium
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Frédéric Farnir,

Affiliation Unit of Biostatistics, FARAH and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Boulevard de Colonster, Liège, Belgium
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Tracy Hadfield,

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
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Noelle Cockett,

Affiliation Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, United States of America
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Carole Charlier,

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Research Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium
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Michel Georges,

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Research Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium
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Haruko Takeda

* E-mail: htakeda@ulg.ac.be

Affiliation Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Research Center and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, 1 Avenue de l’Hôpital, Liège, Belgium
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Ectopic Expression of Retrotransposon-Derived PEG11/RTL1 Contributes to the Callipyge Muscular Hypertrophy

Xuewen Xu,
Fabien Ectors,
Erica E. Davis,
Dimitri Pirottin,
Huijun Cheng,
Frédéric Farnir,
Tracy Hadfield,
Noelle Cockett,
Carole Charlier,
Michel Georges

Published: October 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140594

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