Sex differences in body composition, fat storage, and gene expression profile in Caenorhabditis elegans in response to dietary restriction

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 539-551

  Miersch, Claudia ^a   Döring, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Dietary restriction; Fat metabolism; Gene expression; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYTOCHROME P450; FAT DROPLET; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LECTIN; LIPASE LIKE 5 PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET RESTRICTION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FAMILY; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERM; UPREGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIETARY RESTRICTION; FAT METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LIPASE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; RNA; SAPOSINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; TREHALOSE; UP-REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84879631950     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00007.2013     Document Type: Article

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