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Excessive folate synthesis limits lifespan in the C. elegans: E. coli aging model

BACKGROUND: Gut microbes influence animal health and thus, are potential targets for interventions that slow aging. Live E. coli provides the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans with vital micronutrients, such as folates that cannot be synthesized by animals. However, the microbe also limits C. ele...

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Autores principales: Virk, Bhupinder, Correia, Gonçalo, Dixon, David P, Feyst, Inna, Jia, Jie, Oberleitner, Nikolin, Briggs, Zoe, Hodge, Emily, Edwards, Robert, Ward, John, Gems, David, Weinkove, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22849329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-10-67