There is substantial agreement among interspecies estimates of DNA repair activity

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Cortopassi, G A ^a   Wang, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Maximum life span; Nuclear and mitochondrial mutagenesis; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GORILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECTIVORE; LIFESPAN; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; THEORY; VARIANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASMS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030582551     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(96)01788-5     Document Type: Article

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