For the special issue: Aging studies in Drosophila melanogaster

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 317-319

  Rogina, Blanka ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Drosophila melanogaster; Life span; Longevity; Model system

Indexed keywords

STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EDITORIAL; FERTILITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HEART DISEASE; INHERITANCE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MORTALITY; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MODELS, ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 79954628332     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.09.001     Document Type: Editorial

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