Towards an e-biology of ageing: Integrating theory and data

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-249

  Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a   Boys, Richard J ^a   Gillespie, Colin S ^a   Proctor, Carole J ^a   Shanley, Daryl P ^a   Wilkinson, Darren J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGE; AGING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037337990     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1051     Document Type: Review

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