Mortality shifts in Caenorhabditis elegans: Remembrance of conditions past

Aging Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 666-675

  Wu, Deqing ^a,b   Rea, Shane L ^a,c   Cypser, James R ^a   Johnson, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; Caloric restriction; Demography; Genetics; Gerontogenes; Life tables; Lifespan; Longevity; Mortality; RNAi; Temperature shift

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENE MUTATION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; AGING; ANIMAL; GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 74049092331     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2009.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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