Avian erythrocytes have functional mitochondria, opening novel perspectives for birds as animal models in the study of ageing

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stier, Antoine ^a,b   Bize, Pierre ^c   Schull, Quentin ^a,b   Zoll, Joffrey ^a,d   Singh, François ^a,d   Geny, Bernard ^a,d   Gros, Frédéric ^a   Royer, Cathy ^e   Massemin, Sylvie ^a,b   Criscuolo, François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^e Centre de Neurochimie   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Electron transport chain; Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Red blood cell; ROS

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879396104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-33     Document Type: Article

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