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Epigenetic memory of longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

A recent study by Greer et al. in the nematode C. elegans has shown transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of longevity in the descendants of worms deficient for subunits of a complex responsible for histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3). In this commentary, we discuss the implications of t...

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Autores principales: Benayoun, Bérénice A., Brunet, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058828
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/worm.19157