Reduction of the activity of ribosomal genes with age in down’s syndrome

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-154

  Borsatto, Bianca ^a   Smith, Maríliade A C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Down s syndrome; Nucleolus organizer regions; Ribosomal genes; Transcriptional activity

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SENESCENCE; SILVER STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOLUS ORGANIZER REGION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029930596     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213786     Document Type: Article

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