Epigenetic stratification: The role of individual change in the biological aging process

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 571-580

  Jazwinski, S Michal ^a   Kim, Sangkyu ^a   Lai, Chi Yung ^a   Benguria, Alberto ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell polarity; Longevity; Mortality rate; Nonlinear systems; Silencing

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

AGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032162125     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(98)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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