Mitochondrial DNA repeats constrain the life span of mammals

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 226-229

  Samuels, David C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

AGING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 1942454211     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.03.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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