Basic principle of the lifespan in the nematode C. elegans

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 529-537

  Shoyama, Tetsuji ^a   Ozaki, Takami ^a   Ishii, Naoaki ^a   Yokota, Shigefumi ^a   Suda, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Fluctuation; Lifespan; Metabolic energy

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ACCURACY; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL RESPIRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34548307297     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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