Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature

Volumn 479, Issue 7373, 2011, Pages 365-371

  Greer, Eric L ^a,b   Maures, Travis J ^a   Ucar, Duygu ^a   Hauswirth, Anna G ^a   Mancini, Elena ^a   Lim, Jana P ^a   Benayoun, Bérénice A ^a   Shi, Yang ^b   Brunet, Anne ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3 LYSINE 4 METHYLASE; HISTONE H3 LYSINE 4 TRIMETHYLATION COMPLEX; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN ASH 2; PROTEIN SET 2; PROTEIN WDR 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; NEMATODE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTONE METHYLATION; INHERITANCE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HISTONE DEMETHYLASES; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; RETINOBLASTOMA-BINDING PROTEIN 2;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 81555214034     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10572     Document Type: Article

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