Mitochondrially encoded cysteine predicts animal lifespan

Aging Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-46

  Moosmann, Bernd ^a   Behl, Christian ^b  

^a Evolutionary Pathobiochemistry Group   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Lifespan; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Protein oxidation; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HELMINTH; INSECT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; WORM;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYSTEINE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PROTISTA; VERMES;

EID: 38349126762     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2007.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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