Paternal genome effects on aging: Evidence for a role of Rasgrf1 in longevity determination?

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 72-73

  Magalhaes, Joao Pedro de ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Epigenetics; Genetics; Imprinting; Ras

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GROWTH HORMONE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; RAS PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; BODY WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; GROWTH RETARDATION; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; RAS-GRF1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79251596314     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2010.11.004     Document Type: Note

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