Accumulation of deleted mitochondrial DNA in aging Drosophila melanogaster

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-251

  Yui, Ryoko ^a   Ohno, Yukari ^a   Matsuura, Etsuko T ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Deletion; Drosophila; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; HEAD; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THORAX; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0042471736     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.78.245     Document Type: Article

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