Inherited variability of the mitochondrial genome and successful aging in humans

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 908, Issue , 2000, Pages 208-218

  De Benedictis, G ^a   Carrieri, G ^a   Varcasia, O ^a   Bonafe M ^b   Franceschi, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; CELL METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LONGEVITY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING;

EID: 0033913107     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06648.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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