Automated assays to study longevity in C. elegans

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-145

  Hertweck, Maren ^a   Baumeister, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automation; C. elegans; daf 2; Genetics; Insulin signalling; pep 2; TOR signalling

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

AGING; AUTOMATION; BIOASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; MODELS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 10944262345     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2004.09.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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