The free-radical hypothesis of aging goes prokaryotic

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1333-1341

  Nystrom T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Free radical hypothesis; Protein oxidation; Transcriptional trade off; Translational fidelity

Indexed keywords

CELL AGING; CELL GROWTH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLEIOTROPY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL DIVISION; FREE RADICALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041867968     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-2310-X     Document Type: Review

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