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Name SIRT1
Type gene
Species Homo sapiens
Tissue embryos,MEFs
Experiment Method RT-PCR,Western blot,other
Up/Down Down
Pro/Anti NA
Funtion Description In lower eukaryotes, Sir2 serves as a histone deacetylase and is implicated in chromatin silencing, longevity, and genome stability. Here we mutated the Sirt1 gene, a homolog of yeast Sir2, in mice to study its function. We show that a majority of SIRT1 n
Regulation Gene NA
Year 2008
Pubmed ID 18835033
Title Impaired DNA damage response, genome instability, and tumorigenesis in SIRT1 mutant mice.
Drug NA
Disease NA
Environment Factors NA
Circulating NA
Variant NA
High-throughput NA