Research Article

Analysis of Horse Myostatin Gene and Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Breeds of Different Morphological Types

Table 2

Primers, PCR conditions, amplified regions, and use of the PCR products.

Primer pairF: Forward sequence ( 5 - 3 )
R: Reverse sequence ( 5 - 3 )
Primer annealing regionsAmplified region (bp)*PCR c o n d i t i o n s x Use of the PCR products

1 # 1F: TCAGGGAAACAAGTTTCTCAAATPromoter1–48458/1.5/45/Sequencing,
1R: TGCTCCACAATGAATCTCGPromoter(484)E PCR-RFLP
2 # 2F: TGAATCAGCTCACCCTTGACPromoter369–72762/0.8/45/Sequencing
2R: CCAGCAACAATCAGCATAAAExon 1(360)E
3 { 3F TGTGCTGATTCTTGCTGGTCExon 1710–94758/1.5/45/Sequencing
3R: ATCAATCAGTTCCCGGAGTGExon 1(238)E
4 { 4F: GACCCGTCAAGACTCCTACAExon 22982–322658/1.0/45/Sequencing
4F: TGGGAAGGTTACAGCAAGAExon 2 (245)E
5 { 5F: AGGCCAATTACTGCTCTGGAExon 35430–574458/1.5/45/Sequencing
5R: ATACTCTAGGCTTATAGCCT3’ UTR (315)E
6 { 6F: CACTCCGGGAACTGATTGATExon 1928–309858/0.8/130Sequencing
6R: CGCCTGGGTTCATGTCAAGTExon 2(2171)/T
7 { 7F: AGGCAGGCACATTGCTTAATIntron 11808–228758/0.8/45/Sequencing
7R: GAATGTTATATTCAGGCTATCTCAAIntron 1 (480)E
8 { 8F: AAATGTGACATAAGCAAATGATTAGIntron 25152–553462/0.8/45/Sequencing
8R: AGCAGGGGCCTGCTGAACCTCTGGGExon 3 (383)E
9 { 9F: TGCAAAATTGGCTCAAACAGExon 23135–536155/0.8/130Sequencing
9R: CAGCATCGAGATTCTGTGGAExon 3 (2227)/T
1 0 { 10F: CCCCCAGAAGAGTGTCAAATIntron 23627–482260/0.8/130Sequencing
10R: TCTTTACTTGGGGAAACTTGGAIntron 2(1196)/T
111F: TCAGGGAAACAAGTTTCTCAAATPromoter1–20453/1.2/35/PCR-RFLP
11R: ACTTCCTCAGAAATTAAGATTTAATPromoter(204)E

N u m b e r i n g accoding to GenBank accession number GQ183900. §Annealing temperature ( C ), [MgCl2], extension time (s), Taq DNA polymerase (E = EuroTaq; T = TaKaRa). # P r i m e r s pairs 1 and 2 were designed based on conserved sequences of the published cattle, pig, and humans MSTN promoter regions (GenBank accession numbers AJ310751, AJ133580, and AX058992, respectively). { P r i m e r pairs 3–10 were designed based on horse MSTN mRNA sequence (GenBank accession number AB033541).