Mitochondrial DNA in Polish Centenarians

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-95

  Lorenc, Anna ^a   Tonska, Katarzyna ^b   Kabzinska, Dagmara ^b   Bartnik, Ewa ^b,c  

^a POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Centenarians; D loop; Haplogroups; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE D LOOP; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842327457     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15376520490257572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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