FUdR causes a twofold increase in the lifespan of the mitochondrial mutant gas-1

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 519-521

  van Raamsdonk, Jeremy Michael ^a   Hekimi, Siegfried ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; FUdR; Gas 1; Genetics of aging; Lifespan

Indexed keywords

FLOXURIDINE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS 1 GENE; GENE; LIFESPAN; MITOCHONDRION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOXURIDINE; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; NADH DEHYDROGENASE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 80053386830     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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