Mitochondrial damage in human aging

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-105

  Brierley, Elizabeth J ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DAMAGE; GENE MUTATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW;

EID: 0030807666     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259897000117     Document Type: Review

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