Apoptosis maintains oocyte quality in aging Caenorhabditis elegans females

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Andux, Sara ^a   Ellis, Ronald E ^a  

^a UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

AGE; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; COMPETITION; DNA DAMAGE; FERTILIZATION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PROPHASE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; OOCYTES;

EID: 58149152975     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000295     Document Type: Article

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