Downregulation of telomerase in rat during the aging process

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-291

  Kang, Hyun Kyung ^a   Kim, Myung Sook ^a   Kim, Nam Deuk ^a   Yoo, Mi Ae ^a   Kim, Kyu Won ^a   Kim, Jong ^b   Ikeno, Yuji ^c   Yu, Byung Pal ^c   Chung, Hae Young ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Masan University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Telomerase; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; TELOMERASE; TEP1 PROTEIN, RAT; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DOWN-REGULATION; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033617839     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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