Characterization of a life-extending mutation in age-2, a new aging gene in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Yang, Yulong ^a   Wilson, David L ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EGG LAYING; GENE MUTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032936317     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.4.B137     Document Type: Article

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