Longevity and heavy metal resistance in daf-2 and age-1 long-lived mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans

FASEB Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 627-634

  Barsyte, Dalia ^a   Lovejoy, David A ^a   Lithgow, Gordon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age genes; Aging; Insulin signaling; Metallothionein; Nematode; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; INSULIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DETOXIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COPPER; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; METALLOTHIONEIN; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0035082093     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.99-0966com     Document Type: Article

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