A transcription elongation factor that links signals from the reproductive system to lifespan extension in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Ghazi, Arjumand ^a   Henis Korenblit, Sivan ^a   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; GERM CELL; LIFE EXTENSION; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70349668985     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000639     Document Type: Article

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