Apigenin inhibits larval growth of Caenorhabditis elegans through DAF-16 activation

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3587-3591

  Kawasaki, Ichiro ^a   Jeong, Myung Hwan ^a   Oh, Bong Kyeong ^a   Shim, Yhong Hee ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apigenin; Caenorhabditis elegans; DAF 16; DAF 2; Flavone; Growth inhibition

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; EXTRACELLULAR SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; APIGENIN; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, HELMINTH; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77955663602     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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