Life span is related to the free energy of mitochondrial DNA

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1123-1129

  Samuels, David C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA bubbles; DNA denaturing; DNA free energy; DNA strand separation; Longevity; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AGING; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY; FOWL; GENE MUTATION; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MUTATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 24344443277     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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