Heterochromatin islands and their dynamic reorganization: A hypothesis for three distinctive features of cellular aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 555-570

  Imai, Shin Ichiro ^a,c   Kitano, Hiroaki ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SONY COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular aging; Heterochromatin islands

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032162220     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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