Physiological function, expression pattern, and transcriptional regulation of a Caenorhabditis elegans insulin-like peptide, INS-18

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 423, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 478-483

  Matsunaga, Yohei ^a   Gengyo Ando, Keiko ^b,c,d   Mitani, Shohei ^b,c   Iwasaki, Takashi ^a   Kawano, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Diapause; Gene expression; Insulin like peptide; Lifespan

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAPAUSE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HERMAPHRODITE SPECIFIC NEURON; HORMONAL REGULATION; INS 18 GENE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPORTER GENE; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; LONGEVITY; NEURONS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84863328610     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.05.145     Document Type: Article

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