TY - JOUR AU - Mareco, Edson A. AU - Garcia de la Serrana, Daniel AU - Johnston, Ian A. AU - Dal-Pai-Silva, Maeli PY - 2015 DA - 2015/03/14 TI - Characterization of the transcriptome of fast and slow muscle myotomal fibres in the pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) JO - BMC Genomics SP - 182 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) is a member of the Characiform family native to the Prata Basin (South America) and a target for the aquaculture industry. A limitation for the development of a selective breeding program for this species is a lack of available genetic information. The primary objectives of the present study were 1) to increase the genetic resources available for the species, 2) to exploit the anatomical separation of myotomal fibres types to compare the transcriptomes of slow and fast muscle phenotypes and 3) to systematically investigate the expression of Ubiquitin Specific Protease (USP) family members in fast and slow muscle in response to fasting and refeeding. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1423-6 DO - 10.1186/s12864-015-1423-6 ID - Mareco2015 ER -