Caenorhabditis elegans: A model system for space biology studies

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 1991, Pages 299-309

  Johnson, Thomas E ^a   Nelson, Gregory A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; development; DNA repair; free radicals; genetics; gravity; life history traits; longevity; mutants; nematodes; oxidative stress; radiation; radiobiology; space

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA REPAIR; GRAVITY; LONGEVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA CENTER JPL; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 00-00; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 04-10; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NASA PROGRAM FLIGHT; NASA PROGRAM RADIATION HEALTH;

AGING; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS; DNA REPAIR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0025861854     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(91)90024-G     Document Type: Article

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