Reduced DNA synthesis in primary cultures of hepatocytes from old mice is restored by thymus grafts

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Basso, Andrea ^a   Piantanelli, Lucio ^a   Rossolini, Giuliana ^a   Roth, George S ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA SYNTHESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031896929     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.2.B111     Document Type: Article

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