Genetics of lifespan in C. elegans: Molecular diversity, physiological complexity, mechanistic simplicity

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 712-718

  Hekimi, Siegfried ^a   Burgess, Jason ^a   Bussière, Frédéric ^a   Meng, Yan ^a   Bénard, Claire ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DNA REPAIR; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE; WORM;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE SILENCING; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0035577351     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(01)02523-9     Document Type: Review

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