Sirtuins in mammals: Insights into their biological function

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Michan, Shaday ^a   Sinclair, David ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADP ribosyl transferase activity; Caloric restriction; Deacetylase activity; Resveratrol; SIR2 (silent information regulator 2); Sirtuin (SIRT1 7)

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL STABILITY; DEACETYLASE ACTIVITY; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE SILENCING; MAMMALIAN PHYSIOLOGY; RESVERATROL; SIRTUINS;

CHROMOSOMES; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGY; YEAST;

PROTEINS;

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P73; RIBOSOME DNA; SIRTUIN; SIRTUIN 1; SIRTUIN 2; SIRTUIN 3; SIRTUIN 4; SIRTUIN 5; SIRTUIN 6; SIRTUIN 7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; GENE SILENCING; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CANCER; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ION CHANNELS; MAMMALS; SIRTUINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34249083199     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20070140     Document Type: Review

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