Uncoupling of longevity and telomere length in C, elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-301

  Raices, Marcela ^a   Maruyama, Hugo ^a,b   Dillin, Andrew ^a   Kariseder, Jan ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DAF 16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DNA; INSULIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA; LONGEVITY; MITOSIS; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33644796076     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010030     Document Type: Article

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