Body size, insulin/IGF signaling and aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-136

  McCulloch, Diana ^a   Gems, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Body size; Caenorhabditis elegans; Drosophila; Insulin IGF signaling

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; DROSOPHILA; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037238644     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)00147-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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