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Antagonizing Methuselah to extend life span

Nazif Alic and Linda Partridge email

UCL Centre for Research on Ageing, Department of Biology, Darwin Building, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK

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Genome Biology 2007, 8:222doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-8-222

Published: 31 August 2007

Subject areas: Cell biology, Genetics, Drug discovery, Model organisms

Abstract

A recent report describes the identification through the use of in vitro selection of a peptide that antagonizes Methuselah signaling in Drosophila in vitro and extends fly life span in vivo.


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