Tissue Distribution and Nutritional Regulation of Four Cholesterol Transport-Related Genes in Tiger Puffer (Takifugu rubripes)

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Tissue distribution of four cholesterol transport-related genes (lcat (a), acat1 (b), acat2 (c), and mttp (d)) in tiger puffer (Takifugu rubripes). Results were expressed as relative mRNA expression with respect to the lowest expression. The following tissues were analyzed: muscle (M), heart (H), eye (E), liver (L), spleen (SP), skin (SK), brain (B), and intestine (I). For the mRNA expression of these in various tissues, only means (without standard error) were presented due to the fact that large differences existed in intragroup variation among tissues.

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