Regulation of lifespan by sensory perception in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Abstract excerpt

Caenorhabditis elegans senses environmental signals through ciliated sensory neurons located primarily in sensory organs in the head and tail. Cilia function as sensory receptors, and mutants with defective sensory cilia have impaired sensory perception. Cilia are membrane-bound microtubule-based structures and in C. elegans are only found at the dendritic endings of sensory neurons. Here we show that mutations...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Cilia
• Share to Forkhead Transcription Factors
• Share to Genes, Helminth