Meta-analysis of global transcriptomics suggests that conserved genetic pathways are responsible for quercetin and tannic acid mediated longevity in c. Elegans

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Pietsch, Kerstin ^a,b   Saul, Nadine ^a,b   Swain, Suresh C ^b,c   Menzel, Ralph ^a,b   Steinberg, Christian E W ^a   Stürzenbaum, Stephen R ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. Elegans; DAF 12; ILS; P38 MAPK; Quercetin; Tannic acid; TGF beta

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 84867370848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00048     Document Type: Article

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