The Glutathione Reductase GSR-1 Determines Stress Tolerance and Longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lüersen, Kai ^a   Stegehake, Dirk ^a   Daniel, Jens ^a   Drescher, Mike ^a   Ajonina, Irene ^a   Ajonina, Caroline ^a   Hertel, Patrick ^a   Woltersdorf, Christian ^a   Liebau, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; JUGLONE; PROTEIN GSR 1; PROTEIN SKN 1; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WORM;

ANIMALS; ARSENITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LONGEVITY; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84876001728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060731     Document Type: Article

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