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Doxycyclin ameliorates a starvation-induced germline tumor in C. elegans daf-18/PTEN mutant background.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Aug 2014
Wolf Tim, Qi Wenjing, Schindler Verena, Runkel Eva Diana, Baumeister Ralf
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Managing available resources is a key necessity of each organism to cope with the environment. The nematode C. elegans responds to nutritional deprivation or harsh environmental conditions with a multitude of developmental adaptations, among them a starvation-induced quiescence at early larval development (L1). daf-18, the C. elegans homolog of the human tumor suppressor gene PTEN, is essential for the...
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