Apparent uncoupling of energy production and consumption in long-lived Clk mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 493-497

  Braeckman, Bart P ^a   Houthoofd, Koen ^a   De Vreese, Annemie ^a   Vanfleteren, Jacques R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERMES;

EID: 0033529032     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80216-4     Document Type: Article

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