GenAge entry for alg-2 (Caenorhabditis elegans)
Gene information (ID: 11)
- Symbol
- alg-2
- Name
- Argonaute (plant)-Like Gene
- Organism
- Caenorhabditis elegans (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- Post-transcriptional gene silencing
Potential relevance to longevity and/or ageing
- Observations
- RNA interference decreased median lifespan by 24% in wild type animals and 50% in a daf-2 background.
- % change in avg or median lifespan
- Median lifespan is 24% lower.
- Lifespan Effect
- Decrease
- Genetic Manipulation
- RNA interference
- Longevity Category
- Pro-Longevity
- Primary reference
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In other databases
- CellAge
- A homolog of this gene for Homo sapiens is present as AGO2
Homologs in other organisms
External links
- WormBase
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- Ensembl
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- Entrez Gene
- View on Entrez Gene database (173468)
- Homologues
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- UniProt
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- Internet
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