Steroid regulation of C. elegans diapause, developmental timing, and longevity

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-212

  Antebi, Adam ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Developmental timing; Diapause; Heterochronic; Insulin; MicroRNA; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; DAF 12 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-12 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; INSULIN; MICRORNA; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL TIMING; DIAPAUSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROCHRONIC; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

AGING; DEVELOPMENTAL TIMING; DIAPAUSE; HETEROCHRONIC; INSULIN; MICRORNA; STEROID;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881625022     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396968-2.00007-5     Document Type: Chapter

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