Sterol-Derived Hormone(s) Controls Entry into Diapause in Caenorhabditis elegans by Consecutive Activation of DAF-12 and DAF-16

Upon starvation or overcrowding, Caenorhabditis elegans interrupts its reproductive cycle and forms a specialised larva called dauer (enduring). This process is regulated by TGF-β and insulin-signalling pathways and is connected with the control of life span through the insulin pathway components DA...

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Main Authors: Matyash, Vitali, Entchev, Eugeni V, Mende, Fanny, Wilsch-Bräuninger, Michaela, Thiele, Christoph, Schmidt, Arndt W, Knölker, Hans-Joachim, Ward, Samuel, Kurzchalia, Teymuras V
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2004
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC517820/