Direct isolation of longevity mutants in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-153

  Duhon, Stagey A ^a   Murakami, Shin ^a   Johnson, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; genetics; H 2O 2 resistance; Thermotolerance; UV resistance

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIFESPAN; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILITY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEAT; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 0029984472     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:2<144::AID-DVG7>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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