Reduced expression of frataxin extends the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans

Aging Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Ventura, Natascia ^a,b   Rea, Shane ^a   Henderson, Samuel T ^a   Condo, Ivano ^b   Johnson, Thomas E ^a   Testi, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Frataxin; Friedreich's Ataxia; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

FRATAXIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; LIFESPAN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBFERTILITY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILITY; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 22144462536     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2005.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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