Effect of production system and geographic location on milk quality parameters

A main reason for the rapid increase in organic food consumption is the perception that organic foods have a superior nutritional composition and/or convey health benefits. However, there is currently limited scientific knowledge about the effect of production systems on food composition. The study reported here compared fatty acid profiles and levels of fat soluble antioxidants in milk from organic and conventional production systems in 5 geographic regions in Europe (Wales, England, Denmark, Sweden and Italy). Levels of nutritionally desirable mono- and poly-unsaturated fatty acids (vaccenic acid, CLA, α-linolenic acid) and/or a range of fat soluble antioxidants were found to be significantly higher in organic milk

Assignment of the human alpha-tropomyosin gene TPM4 to band 19p13.1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Sequence-tagged sites (STSs) were developed for the human alpha-tropomyosin gene TPM4. One STS was used to amplify DNA from somatic cell hybrids to localize TPM4 to chromosome 19. The other, a product from a long-range PCR, was used directly as a probe to refine the localization of TPM4 to 19p13.1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosome spreads

Assignment of the human slow skeletal muscle troponin gene (TNNI1) to 1q32 by fluorescence in situ hybridisation

The human gene for slow-twitch skeletal muscle troponin I (TNNI1) has previously been mapped to 1q12-->qter using somatic cell hybrids. The TNNI1 locus has now been further localised to 1q32 using fluorescence in situ hybridization. This result confirms the previous assignment of this locus and maps the gene to a single chromosome band

Assignment of the human skeletal muscle alpha actin gene (ACTA1) to 1q42 by fluorescence in situ hybridisation

The human skeletal muscle alpha actin gene (ACTA1) has previously been localized to 1p21-->qter using somatic cell hybrids and a specific probe from the 3' untranslated region of the gene. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization the localization has been confirmed and the ACTA1 gene precisely mapped to 1q42

Inherited diseases of skeletal and cardiac muscle associated with contractile proteins

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