Genetics of Aging in the Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue , 2003, Pages 329-348

  Helfand, Stephen L ^a   Rogina, Blanka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric restriction; Gene expression; Insulin IGF like signaling; Life span; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AGING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; NEMATODA;

EID: 0346155806     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.37.040103.095211     Document Type: Review

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