Roles of the Developmental Regulator unc-62/Homothorax in Limiting Longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  van Nostrand, Eric L ^a   Sánchez Blanco, Adolfo ^a,b   Wu, Beijing ^a   Nguyen, Andy ^a   Kim, Stuart K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; INS 7 PROTEIN; INSULIN; ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; UNC 62 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENOMICS; GROWTH REGULATION; INTESTINE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA INTERFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AGING; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTESTINES; LONGEVITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84874766842     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003325     Document Type: Article

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