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Nature Chemical Biology 3, 371 - 372 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nchembio0707-371

Methuselah antagonist extends life span

Deirdre McGarrigle1 & Xin-Yun Huang1

  1. Deirdre McGarrigle and Xin-Yun Huang are in the Department of Physiology, Cornell University Weill Medical College, 1300 York Av., New York, New York 10021, USA. e-mail: xyhuang@med.cornell.edu


Newly identified peptide antagonists of the GPCR Methuselah confirm the role of this receptor in aging and should prove useful as tools for investigating the physiological functions of this class of receptor.

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