MicroRNA predictors of longevity in caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Pincus, Zachary ^a   Smith Vikos, Thalyana ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE PIGMENT; INSULIN; MICRORNA; MIR 239; MIR 246; MIR 71; PIGMENT; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MIRN239 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS; MIRN246 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS; MIRN74 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MARKERS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LONGEVITY; MICRORNAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80053446656     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002306     Document Type: Article

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