Fission yeast and other yeasts as emergent models to unravel cellular aging in eukaryotes

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Roux, Antoine E ^a   Chartrand, Pascal ^a   Ferbeyre, Gerardo ^a   Rokeach, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Chronological life span; Longevity; Replicative life span; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGING; EUKARYOTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TIME;

CELL AGING; EUKARYOTA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74049119294     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp152     Document Type: Review

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