Long-lived cancer-resistant rodents as new model species for cancer research

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Azpurua, Jorge ^a   Seluanov, Andrei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blind mole rat; Cancer; Long lived rodents; Naked mole rat

Indexed keywords

CAVIA; CRICETINAE; GERBILLINAE; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SPALACINAE;

EID: 84876186695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00319     Document Type: Short Survey

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