Molecular genetic approaches to the genes of longevity, aging and neurodegeneration in mammals

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-230

  Mori, Nozomu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age 1; Brain; clk 1; Phosphatidyl inositol 3 OH kinase (P13K); Signal transduction; Transcriptional silencer

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MICE; NERVE DEGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030694080     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00109-7     Document Type: Article

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