Table 3.
Correlations of MyHC mRNA transcription with its protein expression in porcine LM during postnatal growth
| MyHC protein content | MyHC protein composition | ||||||||
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| MyHC I | MyHC IIa | MyHC IIx | MyHC IIb | MyHC I | MyHC IIa | MyHC IIx | MyHC IIb | ||
| MyHC mRNA abundance | MyHC mRNA composition | ||||||||
| MyHC I | 0.334 | - | - | - | MyHC I | 0.576** | - | - | - |
| MyHC IIa | - | 0.458* | - | - | MyHC IIa | - | 0.652** | - | - |
| MyHC IIx | - | - | 0.637** | - | MyHC IIx | - | - | 0.753** | - |
| MyHC IIb | - | - | - | 0.288 | MyHC IIb | - | - | - | 0.551** |
MyHC, myosin heavy-chain; LM, longissimus muscle.
*
Means significant difference (p<0.05);
**
means very significant difference (p<0.01).