Fifteen years of Phormia - On the value of an insect for the study of aging

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-90

  Collatz, Klaus Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell milieu; Enzymes; Life history studies; Phormia; Selegiline

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLIGHT; FLY; GERIATRIC CARE; GLYCOLYSIS; INSECT; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0030990858     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(96)00773-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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