Assessing organismal aging in the filamentous fungus Podospora anserina

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 965, Issue , 2013, Pages 439-462

  Osiewacz, Heinz D ^a,b   Hamann, Andrea ^a,b   Zintel, Sandra ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CEF (Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt) Macromolecular Complexes   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Healthspan; Lifespan; Mitochondrial functions; Podospora anserina

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGUS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATING TYPE; MYCELIAL GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL AGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAN7 1 PLASMID; PHOTOMETRY; PLASMID; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REFRACTION INDEX; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA ISOLATION; SENESCENCE; SUCROSE GRADIENT; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PODOSPORA; SECRETION (PROCESS); TIME;

CATALASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; OXYGEN;

CATALASE; FERTILITY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MITOCHONDRIA; MYCELIUM; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PODOSPORA; RNA, FUNGAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878419118     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-239-1_29     Document Type: Article

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