Role of transposable elements in age-related genomic instability

Genetical Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-195

  Nikitin, A G ^a   Shmookler Reis, R J ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; DROSOPHILA; ETIOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL GENETICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; RAT; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA; FUNGI; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; RATS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030874916     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672397002772     Document Type: Review

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