The MEF2 gene is essential for yeast longevity, with a dual role in cell respiration and maintenance of mitochondrial membrane potential

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1140-1146

  Callegari, Sylvie ^a   McKinnon, Ross A ^a   Andrews, Stuart ^a   De Barros Lopes, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronological lifespan; MEF2; Mitochondrial membrane potential; Mitochondrial translation; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE FUNCTION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MEF2 GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL DIVISION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79954437681     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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