MicroRNAs and their roles in aging

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-17

  Thalyana, Smith Vikos ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Micrornas; Senescence

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIN 14 PROTEIN; LIN 4 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL AGING; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MICRORNAS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84858142662     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.099200     Document Type: Note

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