A Manually Curated Knowledgebase of Aging across a variety of Species

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Name NA
Type somatic mutation
Species Caenorhabditis elegans
Tissue C. elegans samples
Experiment Method qPCR
Up/Down NA
Pro/Anti Pro
Funtion Description Here we show that Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan is regulated by their adaptive capacity to different diets, which is controlled by alh-6, a conserved proline metabolism gene. alh-6 mutants age prematurely when fed an Escherichia coli OP50 but not HT115
Regulation Gene alh-6
Year 2014
Pubmed ID 24440036
Title Adaptive capacity to bacterial diet modulates aging in C. elegans
Drug NA
Disease NA
Environment Factors NA
Circulating NA
Variant somatic mutation
High-throughput NA