Use of stable isotopes to examine how dietary restriction extends Drosophila lifespan

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  O'Brien, Diane M ^a   Min, Kyung Jin ^b   Larsen, Thomas ^a   Tatar, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LETTER; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OVIPARITY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 39449084386     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.021     Document Type: Letter

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