Metformin retards aging in C. elegans by altering microbial folate and methionine metabolism

Cell

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 228-239

  Cabreiro, Filipe ^a   Au, Catherine ^a   Leung, Kit Yi ^b   Vergara Irigaray, Nuria ^a   Cochemé, Helena M ^a   Noori, Tahereh ^a   Weinkove, David ^c   Schuster, Eugene ^a   Greene, Nicholas D E ^b   Gems, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; METFORMIN; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOST; INTESTINE; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

EID: 84875738351     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.02.035     Document Type: Article

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