Caenorhabditis elegans battling starvation stress: Low levels of ethanol prolong lifespan in L1 Larvae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Castro, Paola V ^a   Khare, Shilpi ^a   Young, Brian D ^a   Clarke, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; BUTANOL; FATTY ACID; PROPANOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLAMINOMETHYLSULFONIC ACID; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLAMINOMETHYLSULFONIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAPAUSE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; LARVA; LIFE EXTENSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; STARVATION; STRESS; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUTAMINE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855934672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029984     Document Type: Article

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