Manipulation of behavioral decline in Caenorhabditis elegans with the Rag GTPase raga-1

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 7-

  Schreiber, Matthew A ^a   Pierce Shimomura, Jonathan T ^a,b   Chan, Stefan ^a   Parry, Dianne ^a   McIntire, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN RAGA 1; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; RNA INTERFERENCE; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SWIMMING;

EID: 77953186247     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000972     Document Type: Article

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