Against the oxidative damage theory of aging: Superoxide dismutases protect against oxidative stress but have little or no effect on life span in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3236-3241

  Doonan, Ryan ^a   McElwee, Joshua J ^a   Matthijssens, Filip ^b   Walker, Glenda A ^a   Houthoofd, Koen ^b   Back, Patricia ^b   Matscheski, Andrea ^a   Vanfleteren, Jacques R ^b   Gems, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Free radical; Genetics; Insulin IGF 1 signaling; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIAPAUSE; GENE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; ISOENZYMES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 57749095081     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.504808     Document Type: Article

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