Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 200-209 , April 2010

MicroRNA-25 functions in regulation of pigmentation by targeting the transcription factor MITF in alpaca (Lama pacos) skin melanocytes

  • Z. Zhu

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • J. He

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • X. Jia

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • J. Jiang

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • R. Bai

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • X. Yu

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • L. Lv

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • R. Fan

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • X. He

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • J. Geng

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • R. You

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • Y. Dong

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • D. Qiao

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
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  • K.-B. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, Departments of Animal Science and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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  • G.W. Smith

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
    • Laboratory of Mammalian Reproductive Biology and Genomics, Departments of Animal Science and Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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  • C. Dong

      Affiliations

    • College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China. Tel.: +86 354 6288208; fax: +86 354 6288208.

Received 18 August 2009 ,Revised 25 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2009.10.004

Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 200-209 , April 2010

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