Relationship between Catalase and Life Span in Recombinant Inbred Strains of Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 314-319

  Hartman, Phil ^a   Belmont, Patrick ^a   Zuber, Sylvia ^a   Ishii, Naoaki ^b   Anderson, Julie ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Catalase; Life span; Oxidative stress; Recombinant inbreds

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0346344054     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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