GenAge entry for mep-1 (Caenorhabditis elegans)
Gene information (ID: 431)
- Symbol
- mep-1
- Name
- Mog interacting, Ectopic P granules
- Organism
- Caenorhabditis elegans (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- Post-transcriptional gene regulation
Potential relevance to longevity and/or ageing
- Observations
- RNA interference results in a 39% decrease in median lifespan in daf-2 mutants, 14% decrease in lifespan in daf-2/daf-16 double mutants and 8% decrease in median lifespan in a wild-type background.
- % change in avg or median lifespan
- Median lifespan is 8% lower.
- Lifespan Effect
- Decrease
- Genetic Manipulation
- RNA interference
- Longevity Category
- Pro-Longevity
- Primary reference
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Homologs in other organisms
- Drosophila melanogaster
- MEP-1
External links
- WormBase
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- Entrez Gene
- View on Entrez Gene database (178074)
- Homologues
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- Internet
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