Studying age-dependent genomic instability using the S. cerevisiae chronological lifespan model

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 55, 2011, Pages

  Wei, Min ^a   Madia, Federica ^a   Longo, Valter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetics; Genomic instability; Issue 55; Life span; Mutation frequency; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053904951     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3030     Document Type: Article

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