Uncoupling of pathways that promote postmitotic life span and apoptosis from replicative immortality of Caenorhabditis elegans germ cells

Aging Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-563

  Ahmed, Shawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Daf 16; Germline; Proliferative aging

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF18; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIR 2.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIVISION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GERM CELL; LIFESPAN; MITOSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; LONGEVITY; MITOSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIRTUINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33751231751     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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