The role of mitochondria in ageing and carcinogenesis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 548-552

  Birch Machin, M A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENERGY YIELD; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUN EXPOSURE;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33744455447     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02161.x     Document Type: Review

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