Age-associated alterations of the mitochondrial genome

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1259-1269

  Lee, Connie M ^a   Weindruch, Richard ^a   Aiken, Judd M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Deletions; Free radical; Mitochondria; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030970090     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(96)00546-1     Document Type: Review

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