Long-lived mutants, the rate of aging, telomeres and the germline in Caenorhabditis elegans

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 869-880

  Bénard, Claire ^a   Hekimi, Siegfried ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; clk 2; Lifespan; rad 5; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE; WORM;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037198008     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(02)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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