How muscle structure and composition influence meat and flesh quality

A Listrat, B Lebret, I Louveau, T Astruc… - The Scientific World …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle consists of several tissues, such as muscle fibers and connective and
adipose tissues. This review aims to describe the features of these various muscle …

Expression Marker‐Based Strategy to Improve Beef Quality

I Cassar-Malek, B Picard - The Scientific World Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
For beef cattle research, a main objective is to control concomitantly the development of
muscles and the qualities of beef cuts. Beef quality is a complex phenotype that is only …

Towards muscle-specific meat color stability of Chinese Luxi yellow cattle: A proteomic insight into post-mortem storage

W Wu, QQ Yu, Y Fu, XJ Tian, F Jia, XM Li, RT Dai - Journal of Proteomics, 2016 - Elsevier
Searching for potential predictors of meat color is a challenging task for the meat industry. In
this study, the relationship between meat color parameters and the sarcoplasmic proteome …

Quality and proteome changes of beef M. longissimus dorsi cooked using a water bath and ohmic heating process

X Tian, W Wu, Q Yu, M Hou, F Jia, X Li, R Dai - Innovative Food Science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigated the effects of different cooking methods, namely water bath cooking
(WB), short time ohmic cooking (STOH) and long time ohmic cooking (LTOH) on color …

Sensory quality of meat from eight different types of cattle in relation with their biochemical characteristics

M Gagaoua, EMC Terlouw, D Micol… - Journal of Integrative …, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study compared eight breeds of cattle differing in gender (heifers, bulls and
steers) to determine associations between muscle characteristics and meat sensory …

Proteome basis for intramuscular variation in color stability of beef semimembranosus

MN Nair, SP Suman, MK Chatli, S Li, P Joseph… - Meat science, 2016 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study was to characterize the proteome basis for intramuscular
color stability variations in beef semimembranosus. Semimembranosus muscles from eight …

Prediction of beef carcass and meat traits from rearing factors in young bulls and cull cows

J Soulat, B Picard, S Leger… - Journal of animal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to predict the beef carcass and LM (thoracis part) characteristics
and the sensory properties of the LM from rearing factors applied during the fattening period …

[HTML][HTML] ATP Sensitive Potassium Channels in the Skeletal Muscle Function: Involvement of the KCNJ11(Kir6.2) Gene in the Determination of Mechanical Warner …

D Tricarico, M Selvaggi, G Passantino… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The ATP-sensitive K+-channels (KATP) are distributed in the tissues coupling metabolism
with K+ ions efflux. KATP subunits are encoded by KCNJ8 (Kir6. 1), KCNJ11 (Kir6. 2) …

An innovative approach combining Animal Performances, nutritional value and sensory quality of meat

MP Ellies-Oury, G Cantalapiedra-Hijar, D Durand… - Meat science, 2016 - Elsevier
This work sets out a methodological approach to assess how to simultaneously control
together Animal Performances, nutritional value, sensory quality of meat. Seventy-one …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium homeostasis and muscle energy metabolism are modified in HspB1-null mice

B Picard, M Kammoun, M Gagaoua, C Barboiron… - Proteomes, 2016 - mdpi.com
Hsp27—encoded by HspB1—is a member of the small heat shock proteins (sHsp, 12–43
kDa (kilodalton)) family. This protein is constitutively present in a wide variety of tissues and …