Regulation of gene expression is preserved in aging Drosophila melanogaster

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 475-478

  Rogina, Blanka ^a   Vaupel, James W ^b,c   Partridge, Linda ^d   Helfand, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INBRED LINE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032499080     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70184-8     Document Type: Article

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