Defining genes that govern longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-143

  Ebert II, Robert H ^a,c   Shammas, Masood A ^a   Sohal, Barbara H ^d   Sohal, Rajindar S ^d   Egilmez, Nejat K ^b,c,e   Ruggles, Scott ^b   Reis, Robert J Shmookler ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Research 151   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; map, genetic; oxidative stress; polymorphism, genetic; senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATALASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LONGEVITY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029921578     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:2<131::AID-DVG6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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