Is there a role for new invertebrate models for aging research?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-194

  Austad, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

AGING; ALGA; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; COELENTERATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET RESTRICTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; GENE SILENCING; INVERTEBRATE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ROTIFERA; SENESCENCE; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; TOUCH; TURBELLARIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

INVERTEBRATA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELL AGING; CNIDARIA; INVERTEBRATES; LONGEVITY; MODELS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64949096177     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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