Microarray analysis of variation in individual aging C. elegans: Approaches and challenges

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1040-1045

  Golden, T R ^a   Hubbard, A ^b   Melov, S ^a  

^a BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Microarrays; Nematode; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFESPAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, HELMINTH; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33751420477     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.06.034     Document Type: Article

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