Mammalian models of extended healthy lifespan

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1561, 2011, Pages 99-107

  Selman, Colin ^a   Withers, Dominic J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Insulin signalling; Nutrient sensing; Target of rapamycin

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANCER; DIABETES; GLUCOSE; MAMMAL; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; MUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 79251483158     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0243     Document Type: Review

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