Life is sweet!: A novel role for N-glycans in Drosophila lifespan

Fly

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Schachter, Harry ^a,c   Boulianne, Gabrielle L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Drosophila; Fused lobe; Lifespan; Mushroom body; N acetylglucosaminyltransferase; N glycans

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79551558778     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.5.1.14459     Document Type: Article

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