MicroRNAs in C. elegans aging: Molecular insurance for robustness?

Current Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 144-153

  Ibáñez Ventoso, Carolina ^a   Driscoll, Monica ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Healthspan; Lipofuscin; Longevity; MiRNA; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; LIPOFUSCIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 1; MICRORNA 268; MICRORNA 34; MICRORNA 85; MICRORNA LET 7; MICRORNA LIN 14; MICRORNA LIN 4; NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 68649126873     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920209788185243     Document Type: Review

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