The role of insulin/IGF-like signaling in C. elegans longevity and aging

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 3, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 415-419

  Kaletsky, Rachel ^a   Murphy, Coleen T ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; INCIDENCE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGEVITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77954855717     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.001040     Document Type: Review

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