25years after age-1: Genes, interventions and the revolution in aging research

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 640-643

  Johnson, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Genetics; Longevity; Review; Special issue: Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLCYTOSINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEOME; AGE 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; AGE-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; GENETIC MARKER;

AGE 1 GENE; AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SOCIOLOGY; AGE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; PROCEDURES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84879008507     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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