Sentences with phrase «elegans daf»
Apfeld J, Kenyon C. Cell nonautonomy of elegans daf - 2 function in the regulation of diapause and life span.
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One of the mutants carries a defect in Sch9, which resembles two genes in the C. elegans daf - 2 pathway.
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Earlier, Dillin's group fingered the protein smk - 1 as a co-factor, which worked with daf - 16 to increase the life spans of nematodes (Caenorhabditis elegans).
CK: We have studies in C. elegans showing that the daf - 2 gene functions exclusively in the adult to control aging.
daf - 16 protects the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans during food deprivation.
Chen et al. (62) combined mutation in daf - 2 (similar allele to this study) with mutation in rsks - 1, C. elegans S6 kinase to reveal extreme longevity.
Second, Ron's arguments are based on Cynthia Kenyon's experiments in the nematode worm C elegans, in which she found that mutations to Daf - 2, which is an insulin - like receptor in C elegans, extended maximum lifespan.