Cell divisions and mammalian aging: Integrative biology insights from genes that regulate longevity

BioEssays

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 567-578

  De Magalhães, João Pedro ^a   Faragher, Richard G A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ATR PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BUB1 RELATED PROTEIN; BUB3 PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH HORMONE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN P53; SIRTUIN; THIOREDOXIN; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DNA DAMAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GROWTH; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE AGING; PROGERIA; REVIEW; WERNER SYNDROME;

AGING; AGING, PREMATURE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 45549101782     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20760     Document Type: Review

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