Longevity and stress in Caenorhabditis elegans

Aging

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 733-753

  Zhou, Katherine I ^a   Pincus, Zachary ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; LONGEVITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857618797     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100367     Document Type: Review

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