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Perception of environmental polypeptides in C. elegans activates insulin/IGF signaling and alters lipid metabolism
Rebecca E. W. Kaplan, Amy K. Webster, Rojin Chitrakar…·L. Ryan Baugh
The paper shows that food perception in C. elegans activates insulin/IGF signaling and alters lipid metabolism, but this response is harmful if feeding does not occur.
DOI 10.1101/341883