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Lsp2 links early-life diet to adult translation and lifespan in <i>Drosophila</i>


Isotope tracing is used to determine the fate of larval dietary amino acids in adult flies, and identifies Lsp2 as a key regulator of translation and lifespan that forms the molecular basis of the effects of early-life protein restriction.

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