Aging: Fruit Flies Break the Chain to a Longer Life

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Linford, Nancy J ^a   Pletcher, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

AGING; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349999660     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.050     Document Type: Short Survey

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