Age-related RNA decline in adult Drosophila melanogaster

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 896-901

  Tahoe, Nuzha M A ^a   Mokhtarzadeh, Ali ^a   Curtsinger, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INBRED STRAIN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA REPLICATION; SENESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 5644237676     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.9.b896     Document Type: Article

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