Modulating longevity in Drosophila by over- and underexpression of glutamate-cysteine ligase

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 260-273

  Luchak, James M ^a   Prabhudesai, Leena ^a   Sohal, Rajindar S ^b   Radyuk, Svetlana N ^a   Orr, William C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Glutamate cysteine ligase; Life span; Oxidative stress; Tissue specific expression

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE;

ARMADILLO; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSHROOM BODY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ARMADILLO; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 36549070187     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1404.000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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