TOR and ageing: A complex pathway for a complex process

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1561, 2011, Pages 17-27

  McCormick, Mark A ^a   Tsai, Shih Yin ^a   Kennedy, Brian K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Lifespan; Longevity; Rapamycin; TOR

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; INHIBITOR; LONGEVITY; NEMATODE; RODENT; SUBSTRATE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79251487046     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0198     Document Type: Review

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