Effects of the mitochondrial respiratory chain on longevity in C. elegans

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2014, Pages 245-255

  Dancy, Beverley M ^a   Sedensky, Margaret M ^a   Morgan, Philip G ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Genetics; Lifespan; Mitochondrial respiratory chain; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UBIQUINONE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

AGING; ATP SYNTHASE GENE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLOCK 1 GENE; CYTOCHROME B GENE; DETOXIFICATION; GENE; GENERAL ANESTHETIC SENSITIVE GENE; GST 14 GENE; HSP 6 GENE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN GENE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; METHYL VIOLOGEN SENSITIVE GENE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUO 1 GENE; NUO 6 GENE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE GENE; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENOTYPE; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84901849008     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2014.03.028     Document Type: Review

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