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Folate status of gut microbiome affects Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan
In a paper in BMC Biology Virk et al. show that Caenorhabditis elegans lifespan is extended in response to a diet of folate-deficient Escherichia coli. The deficiencies in folate biosynthesis were due to an aroD mutation, or treatment of E. coli with sulfa drugs, which are mimics of the folate precu...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409036/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22849295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-10-66 |