Common aging pathways in worms, flies, mice and humans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1607-1612

  Kim, Stuart K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age regulation; Aging; Electron transport chain; Evolution; Gene expression profile; Gene set enrichment analysis; Genomics

Indexed keywords

MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MUS;

EID: 34249748303     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.004887     Document Type: Review

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