Gene/longevity association studies at four autosomal loci (REN, THO, PARP, SOD2)

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 534-541

  De Benedictis, G ^a   Carotenuto, L ^a   Carrieri, G ^a   De Luca, M ^a,b   Falcone, E ^a   Rose, G ^a   Cavalcanti, S ^b   Corsonello, F ^b   Feraco, E ^b   Baggio, G ^c   Bertolini, S ^d   Mari, D ^e   Mattace, R ^f   Yashin, A I ^g,h   Bonafe M ⁱ   Franceschi, C ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human longevity; PARP; REN; SOD2; THO

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RENIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARKER GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 13044306003     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200222     Document Type: Article

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