Transcript profiles of long- and short-lived adults implicate protein synthesis in evolved differences in ageing in the nematode Strongyloides ratti

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Thompson, Fiona J ^a   Barker, Gary L A ^a   Nolan, Tony ^b   Gems, David ^b   Viney, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ageing evolution; Gene expression; Microarray; Nematode; Protein synthesis; Ribosome; Strongyloides ratti

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

EID: 59049091965     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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