- Symbol
- eat-2
- Name
- EATing: abnormal pharyngeal pumping EAT-2
- Organism
- Caenorhabditis elegans (AnAge)
- Known functions and activities
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptor Dalpha5 family member
- Observations
- Mutations result in partial starvation by disrupting the function of the pharynx and an approximately 50% extension of lifespan.
- Lifespan Effect
- Increase
- Genetic Manipulation
- Mutation
- Longevity Category
- Anti-Longevity
- Primary reference
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- GenDR gene manipulations
- This gene is present as eat-2
- Danio rerio
- si:ch211-39a7.1
- Danio rerio
- si:ch73-380n15.2
- Danio rerio
- CABZ01069081.1
- Danio rerio
- chrna7
- Drosophila melanogaster
- nAChRalpha5
- Drosophila melanogaster
- nAChRalpha6
- Drosophila melanogaster
- nAChRalpha7
- Homo sapiens
- CHRFAM7A
- Homo sapiens
- CHRNA7
- Homo sapiens
- CHRNA7
- Mus musculus
- Chrna7
- Rattus norvegicus
- Chrna7
- WormBase
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- Entrez Gene
- View on Entrez Gene database (175072)
- Homologues
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GenAge entry for eat-2 (Caenorhabditis elegans)