Extrachromosomal rDNA circles - A cause of aging in yeast

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1033-1042

  Sinclair, David A ^a   Guarente, Leonard ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031459980     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80493-6     Document Type: Article

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