Mitochondrial dysfunction in aging and longevity: A causal or protective role?

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1373-1387

  Pulliam, Daniel A ^a,b   Bhattacharya, Arunabh ^a,b   Van Remmen, Holly ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Department of Cellular and Structural Biology ^*  (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; THEORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; HORMESIS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84880729382     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4950     Document Type: Review

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