Mitochondrial electron transport chain activities and DNA deletions in regions of the rat brain

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Filburn, Charles R ^a   Edris, Wade ^a   Tamatani, Michio ^a   Hogue, Barbara ^a   Kudryashova, Irina ^a   Hansford, Richard G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Mitochondrial DNA; Myopathies; Oxidative phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

EID: 0029916343     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01696-X     Document Type: Article

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