Properties of an oxygen-sensitive mutant mev-3 of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Yamamoto, Kengo ^a   Honda, Shuji ^b   Ishii, Naoaki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Development; Life span; Methyl viologen; Oxygen sensitive mutant

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PARAQUAT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FERTILITY; GENE MAPPING; GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFESPAN; MUTANT; NEMATODE; OXYGEN TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0002004749     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(96)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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