Control of intestinal bacterial proliferation in regulation of lifespan in <it>Caenorhabditis elegans</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A powerful approach to understanding complex processes such as aging is to use model organisms amenable to genetic manipulation, and to seek relevant phenotypes to measure. <it>Caenorhabditis elegans </it>is particularly...

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Main Authors: Portal-Celhay Cynthia, Bradley Ellen R, Blaser Martin J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/49