The interplay between protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase activity and insulin-like signaling to extend lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Khare, Shilpi ^a   Linster, Carole L ^a,b   Clarke, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DEXTRO ASPARTATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DAF 16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; LIFE EXTENSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN DEXTRO ASPARTATE METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGEVITY; PROTEIN D-ASPARTATE-L-ISOASPARTATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79958737943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020850     Document Type: Article

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