Antagonizing Methuselah to extend life span
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Extended life-span and stress resistance in the Drosophila mutant methuselah.
Toward a genetic dissection of the processes involved in aging, a screen for gene mutations that extend life-span in Drosophila melanogaster was performed. The mutant line methuselah (mth) displayed approximately 35 percent increase in average life-span and enhanced resistance to various forms of stress, including starvation, high temperature, and dietary paraquat, a free-radical generator. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genome Biology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1465-6906
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-8-222