Understanding aging: Revealing order out of chaos

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1658, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 122-132

  Dufour, Eric ^a   Larsson, Nils Göran ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA damage; Life span; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial respiratory chain; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OXIDIZING AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; CELL DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PODOSPORA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 3543028676     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2004.04.020     Document Type: Review

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