title: Making a splash with splicing.
abstract: In a recent Nature paper, Heintz et al. identify a splicing factor (SFA-1) that is crucial for the longevity conferred by dietary restriction and the TORC1 pathway modulation in C. elegans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1.
authors.forename: Robyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Branicky
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1.
authors.forename: Siegfried
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hekimi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D031204:Caloric Restriction; D008136:Longevity; D000076222:Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; C491515:sfa-1 protein, C elegans; D000076222:Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1