Table 3. Genes highly expressed in the Longissimus muscle of Large White pigs (n = 20).
| Symbola | Description | FCb | P-valuec | Associated GO BP termsd |
| ZNF7 | Zinc finger protein 7 | 5.0 | 1.4E-03 | Transcription (6350) |
| PGM1 | Phosphoglucomutase 1 | 4.5 | 8.9E-08 | Glucose metabolic process (6006) |
| ADAMTS8 | ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 8 | 4.3 | 2.0E-04 | Proteolysis (6508), Regulation of cell proliferation (42127) |
| LSM3 | LSM3 homolog | 4.2 | 1.0E-07 | RNA processing (6396) |
| SPARC | Secreted protein, acidic, cysteine-rich | 2.9 | 2.3E-09 | Skeletal system development (1501) |
| DCTN3 | Dynactin subunit 3 | 2.8 | 4.3E-05 | M phase of mitotic cell cycle (87) |
| EBPL | Emopamil binding protein-like | 2.6 | 4.9E-09 | Steroid metabolic process (8202) |
| CLCN2 | Chloride channel protein 2 | 2.5 | 2.3E-09 | Ion transport (6811) |
| RRAS2 | Related RAS viral (r-ras) oncogene homolog 2 | 2.5 | 2.8E-06 | Intracellular signaling cascade (7242), Regulation of cell migration (30334) |
| RTF1 | RNA polymerase-associated protein RTF1 homolog | 2.4 | 1.5E-02 | Chromatin organization (6325), Transcription (6350) |
| SLC5A4 | Solute carrier family 5, member 4 | 2.3 | 1.6E-06 | Ion transport (6811), Carbohydrate transport (8643) |
| CCRL2 | Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor-like 2 | 2.3 | 7.8E-07 | Chemotaxis (6935) |
| ANKRD1 | Ankyrin repeat domain 1 | 2.3 | 8.8E-03 | Defense response (6952), Regulation of transcription (45449) |
| SLC25A24 | Solute carrier family 25, member 24 | 2.3 | 2.3E-05 | Transmembrane transport (55085) |
| IRF8 | Interferon regulatory factor 8 | 2.2 | 2.3E-05 | Immune system development (2520), Transcription (6350) |
| SLC28A1 | Na/nucleoside cotransporter | 2.2 | 2.7E-05 | Nucleobase transport (15851) |
| GRHPR | Glyoxylate reductase/hydroxypyruvate reductase | 2.2 | 4.0E-07 | Cellular aldehyde metabolic process (6081), Secretion (46903), Oxidation reduction (55114) |
| SIRT3 | Sirtuin 3 | 2.2 | 1.5E-18 | Regulation of gene expression (40029) |
| GINS2 | GINS complex subunit 2 | 2.2 | 8.3E-07 | DNA replication (6260) |
| ASNS | Asparagine synthetase | 2.2 | 1.1E-04 | Regulation of mitotic cell cycle (7346), Cellular amino acid biosynthetic process (8652), Cellular response to starvation (9267), Response to endogenous stimulus (9719), Response to extracellular stimulus (9991), Regulation of cell death (10941), Cellular response to stress (33554) |
| NEK3 | NIMA-related kinase 3 | 2.2 | 3.7E-08 | Cell cycle (7049), Mitosis (7067) |
| MTX3 | Metaxin 3 | 2.1 | 2.3E-09 | Protein targeting to mitochondrion (6626) |
| GPX8 | Glutathione peroxidase 8 | 2.1 | 2.1E-09 | Response to oxidative stress (6979), Oxidation reduction (55114) |
| AKR1B1 | Aldo-keto reductase family 1, member B1 | 2.1 | 9.6E-12 | Oxidation reduction (55114) |
| IL10RB | Interleukin-10 receptor subunit beta | 2.1 | 6.1E-06 | Defense response (6952) |
| RALB | Ras-related protein Ral-B | 2.1 | 2.0E-08 | Intracellular signaling cascade (7242) |
a
Only genes with at least one associated GO BP term are presented in the Table.
b
Fold Change value is expressed as the expression ratio of Large White to Basque samples.
c
Benjamini and Hochberg adjusted P value.
d
Gene Ontology identification numbers are shown in brackets.