Disruption of insulin signalling preserves bioenergetic competence of mitochondria in ageing <it>Caenorhabditis elegans</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The gene <it>daf-2 </it>encodes the single insulin/insulin growth factor-1-like receptor of <it>Caenorhabditis elegans</it>. The reduction-of-function allele <it>e1370 </it>induces several metaboli...

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Main Authors: Vanfleteren Jacques R, Matthijssens Filip, Castelein Natascha, Brys Kristel, Braeckman Bart P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/91