Lifespan extension and increased pumping rate accompany pharyngeal muscle-specific expression of nfi-1 in C. elegans

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2100-2107

  Lazakovitch, Elena ^a,b   Kalb, John M ^c   Gronostajski, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; Development; Pharynx; Transcription

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR I;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; LIFESPAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; MYOSINS; NEURONS; NFI TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 49449113820     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21632     Document Type: Article

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