Altered methionine metabolism in long living Ames dwarf mice

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 491-498

  Uthus, Eric O ^a   Brown Borg, Holly M ^b  

^a GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ames dwarf mouse; Glycine N methyltransferase; Long living; Methionine adenosyltransferase; Methionine metabolism; S adenosylhomocysteine; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTATHIONINE SYNTHETASE; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0038667867     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(03)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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