An engineering approach to extending lifespan in C. elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Sagi, Dror ^a   Kim, Stuart K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PARAQUAT; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

AGING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84864057423     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002780     Document Type: Article

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