Impact of ROS on ageing of two fungal model systems: Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Podospora anserina

Free Radical Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1350-1358

  Osiewacz, Heinz D ^a   Scheckhuber, Christian Q ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Apoptosis; Calorie restriction; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Retrograde response

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; ASCOMYCETES; CALORIC RESTRICTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PODOSPORA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33750735355     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760600921153     Document Type: Review

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