The evolutionary tangle of aging, sex, and reproduction and an experimental approach to its molecular dissection

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-94

  Roy, A K ^a   Vellanoweth, R L ^a   Chen, S ^a   Supakar, P C ^a   Jung, M H ^a   Song, C S ^a   Chatterjee, B ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

ADF; aging and sex; androgen receptor; evolution of aging; NF B; reproductive aging; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BINDING PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLOBIN; HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; SEX HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; BINDING SITE; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEX;

EID: 0029874218     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(95)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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