Rictor/TORC2 regulates fat metabolism, feeding, growth, and life span in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-511

  Soukas, Alexander A ^a   Kane, Elizabeth A ^a   Carr, Christopher E ^b   Melo, Justine A ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AKT; C. Elegans; Fat metabolism; Insulin IGF; Life span

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN RICTOR; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; LIFESPAN; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BORON COMPOUNDS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIXATIVES; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INSULIN; INTESTINES; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; OXAZINES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOMEDINS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 61449244533     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1775409     Document Type: Article

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