Sex-specific effects of the DAF-12 steroid receptor on aging in Caenorhabditis elegans

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 253-259

  McCulloch, Diana ^a   Gems, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Gender; Insulin IGF 1 signaling; Steroid

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAMMAL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 36549005062     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1404.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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