Genes that shape the course of ageing

Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 345-347

  Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN DAF2; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DAF 16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0141998795     PISSN: 10432760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tem.2003.08.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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