Protein synthesis is a novel determinant of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 289-295

  Syntichaki, Popi ^a   Troulinaki, Kostoula ^a   Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; eIF4E; Insulin growth factor; Life span; mRNA translation; Oxidative stress; TOR kinase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL REGENERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 36549020042     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1404.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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