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daf-2, an insulin receptor-like gene that regulates longevity and diapause in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 15 Aug 1997
Kimura K D, Tissenbaum H A, Liu Y, Ruvkun G
Abstract excerpt
A C. elegans neurosecretory signaling system regulates whether animals enter the reproductive life cycle or arrest development at the long-lived dauer diapause stage. daf-2, a key gene in the genetic pathway that mediates this endocrine signaling, encodes an insulin receptor family member. Decrea...
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