Caenorhabditis elegans - A paradigm for aging research: Advantages and limitations

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-274

  Gershon, Harriet ^a   Gershon, David ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aging research; Caenorhabditis elegans; Nematode life cycle

Indexed keywords

AGING; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; DETERIORATION; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETICS; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; LABORATORY; LIFE CYCLE; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HUMANS; RESEARCH;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036138153     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(01)00401-8     Document Type: Review

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