Insulin worms its way into the spotlight

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 813-818

  Nelson, Donald W ^b   Padgett, Richard W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIGAND;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIGANDS; LONGEVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0344407059     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1090203     Document Type: Review

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