Knockout of a putative ergothioneine transporter in Caenorhabditis elegans decreases lifespan and increases susceptibility to oxidative damage

Free Radical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1036-1045

  Cheah, I K ^a   Ong, R L S ^a   Gruber, J ^a,b   Yew, T S K ^a   Ng, L F ^a   Chen, C B ^a   Halliwell, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b YALE NUS COLLEGE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Caenorhabditis elegans; Ergothioneine; Organic cation transporter; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; MESSENGER RNA; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 1; THIONEINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INTRON; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ERGOTHIONEINE; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 1; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84887469716     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2013.848354     Document Type: Article

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