Excessive folate synthesis limits lifespan in the C. elegans: E. coli aging model

BMC Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Virk, Bhupinder ^a   Correia, Gonçalo ^a,b   Dixon, David P ^a   Feyst, Inna ^a   Jia, Jie ^a   Oberleitner, Nikolin ^a   Briggs, Zoe ^a   Hodge, Emily ^a   Edwards, Robert ^a   Ward, John ^c   Gems, David ^c   Weinkove, David ^a,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; E. coli; Folate; Microbes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; RNA INTERFERENCE;

4-AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLIC ACID; GENES, BACTERIAL; LONGEVITY; METABOLOME; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

EID: 84864352435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-10-67     Document Type: Article

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