Extension of chronological life span in yeast by decreased TOR pathway signaling

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-184

  Powers III, R Wilson ^a   Kaeberlein, Matt ^a   Caldwell, Seth D ^a   Kennedy, Brian K ^b   Fields, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Life span; Nutrients; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; TOR; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; RAPAMYCIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSN2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CHRONOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACIDS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HEAT; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 30944458446     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1381406     Document Type: Article

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