The protein l-isoaspartyl-O-methyltransferase functions in the Caenorhabditis elegans stress response

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 752-758

  Gomez, Tara A ^a   Banfield, Kelley L ^a   Clarke, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Dauer larvae formation; Dauer recovery; Fat storage; GFP expression; l Isoaspartyl O methyltransferase; pcm 1; Survival

Indexed keywords

ISOASPARTYL O METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; LIFESPAN; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKIN CELL; STARVATION; STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, HELMINTH; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LARVA; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STARVATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 56949100224     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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