GenAge entry for mes-1 (Caenorhabditis elegans)
Gene information (ID: 434)
- Symbol
- mes-1
- Name
- Maternal Effect Sterile
- Organism
- Caenorhabditis elegans (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- Required for early asymmetric divisions of the germ line
Potential relevance to longevity and/or ageing
- Observations
- Mutation animals that lack germ cells live about 60% longer than controls.
- % change in avg or median lifespan
- Lifespan is about 60% higher.
- Lifespan Effect
- Increase
- Genetic Manipulation
- Mutation
- Longevity Category
- Anti-Longevity
- Primary reference
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Homologs in other organisms
No homologs found
External links
- WormBase
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- Entrez Gene
- View on Entrez Gene database (181362)
- Homologues
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- Internet
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