To grow or not to grow: Nutritional control of development during Caenorhabditis elegans L1 Arrest

Genetics

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 539-555

  Baugh, L Ryan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BECLIN 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; INSULIN RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 235; MICRORNA 71; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN MAD1; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN P53; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDERMIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GROWTH; INTESTINE; LARVA; LIFESPAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION; STRESS;

DEVELOPMENTAL ARREST; DIAPAUSE; INSULIN-LIKE SIGNALING; STARVATION; STRESS RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MICRORNAS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 84879750713     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.150847     Document Type: Review

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