Recent aging research in Caenorhabditis elegans

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 557-563

  Schaffitzel, Elke ^a,b   Hertweck, Maren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; DAF 16 FoxO; Germline; JNK; SIR2; SKN 1 Nrf; TUBBY

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LIFESPAN; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33745114656     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.02.008     Document Type: Review

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