Systems biology in aging: Linking the old and the young

Current Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 558-565

  Hou, Lei ^a,b   Huang, Jialiang ^a,b   Green, Christopher D ^a   Boyd Kirkup, Jerome ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Yu, Xiaoming ^a,b   Gong, Wenxuan ^a   Zhou, Bing ^a,b   Han, Jing Dong J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Genomics; Longevity; Network analysis; Proteomics; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AGING; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84867822272     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920212803251418     Document Type: Review

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