Cellular senescence: Lessons from yeast for human aging?

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  Shore, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032510453     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70122-8     Document Type: Short Survey

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