New genes tied to endocrine, metabolic, and dietary regulation of lifespan from a Caenorhabditis elegans genomic RNAi screen

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 0119-0128

  Hansen, Malene ^a   Hsu, Ao Lin ^a   Dillin, Andrew ^a   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33645472504     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010017     Document Type: Article

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