Evolving insight into the role of mitochondrial DNA mutations in aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-23

  Kujoth, Gregory C ^a   Prolla, Tomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Deletions; Mice; mtDNA; Mutations; Polg; Random mutation capture

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LONGEVITY; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION;

EUKARYOTA; MUS;

EID: 36849040009     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.09.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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