Ten years later: What have we learned about human aging from studies of cell cultures?

Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 737-741

  Cristofalo, Vincent J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological theories of aging; Cell culture aging; Cell regulation; Gene expression; Replicative senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERONTOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0030479056     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.6.737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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