Genes, phenes, and dreams of immortality: The 2003 Kleemeier Award lecture

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 680-687

  Johnson, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEMATODE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PHENES;

EID: 21144434560     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.6.680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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