Mitochondrial genotype frequent in centenarians predisposes resistance to adult-onset diseases

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-111

  Gong, Jian Sheng ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Yoneda, Makoto ^b,c   Sahashi, Ko ^d   Miyajima, Hiroaki ^e   Yamauchi, Kazunobu ^a   Yagi, Kunio ^b,c   Tanaka, Masashi ^b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Institute of Applied Biochemistry   (Japan)

^d AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult onset diseases; Longevity centenarian; Mitochondrial DNA; NADH dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031690459     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.24.105     Document Type: Article

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