Variable pathogenicity determines individual lifespan in caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sánchez Blanco, Adolfo ^a   Kim, Stuart K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; SOD 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SOD-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOD 3 GENE; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 79955622698     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002047     Document Type: Article

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