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A regulated response to impaired respiration slows behavioral rates and increases lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2009
Cristina David, Cary Michael, Lunceford Adam, Clarke Catherine, Kenyon Cynthia
Abstract excerpt
When mitochondrial respiration or ubiquinone production is inhibited in Caenorhabditis elegans, behavioral rates are slowed and lifespan is extended. Here, we show that these perturbations increase the expression of cell-protective and metabolic genes and the abundance of mitochondrial DNA. This response is similar to the response triggered by inhibiting respiration in yeast and mammalian cells, termed the...
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