Cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase EGL-4 controls body size and lifespan in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1089-1099

  Hirose, Takashi ^a,b   Nakano, Yoshiya ^a   Nagamatsu, Yasuko ^a   Misumi, Takashi ^a   Ohta, Hiromitsu ^a   Ohshima, Yasumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Big mutant; Body size; C. elegans; cGMP dependent protein kinase; EGL 4; Lifespan

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INSULIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HEAD; INTESTINE; LIFESPAN; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037352232     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00330     Document Type: Review

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