A stress-sensitive reporter predicts longevity in isogenic populations of Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 894-898

  Rea, Shane L ^a   Wu, Deqing ^a   Cypser, James R ^a   Vaupel, James W ^b   Johnson, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STRESS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 23044445756     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1608     Document Type: Article

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