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In a manner similar to the lys-7 mutant animals, we find that abl-1 mutant worms are hypersusceptible to killing by C. neoformans.

The et19 mutant worms are resistant to rosuvastatin (another class of statin), indicating that they have a generic resistance to statins rather than to one particular subtype.

Since daf-2 e1370) daf-2 e1370s are hypoxia tolerant [ 44, 45], we anticipated that somutantbin genes might be constitutively upregulated in these animals.

Additionally, although this new model requires NHR-8 for increased lifespan, eat-2 mutant worms are not affected by nhr-8 knock-down.

In most cases the mutant worms are obviously crippled by changes in gene activity that are far too large (null mutations, for instance) and would not be competitive in the wild.

It has also been demonstrated that long-lived mutant worms are also resistant to oxidative stress and show an age-dependent increase in superoxide dismutase and catalase activity (Larsen 1993).

(A) Brood size of wild-type or mutant worms was determined at 20°C.

Meanwhile, fat metabolism in the mutant worms was also influenced: in mutant worms, fat storage was decreased and lipid droplets became smaller, concomitant with a shortened lifespan.

Similar to Cd (Figure 1C), pcs-1 tm1748) pcs-1 tm1748 were mutantensitive to As and Cu compared to hmt-1(gk161) mutants (Figure 2A, B, Tables S2, S3).

Consistent with the notion that pcs-1 and hmt-1 operate in distinct metal detoxification pathways, double pcs-1;hmt-1 mutant worms were more sensitive to these metals than single pcs-1 or hmt-1 knock-out worms.

One possible explanation for the absence of ethanol withdrawal in egl-3 mutant worms is that the behavioural response to chronic ethanol exposure might require a down-regulation of neuropeptide signalling.