MiRNAs and aging: A genetic perspective

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-8

  Garg, Devika ^a,b   Cohen, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Drosophila; Genetics; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 14; MICRORNA 34; MICRORNA 8; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETICS; LIFE EXTENSION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MUS MUSCULUS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84906790516     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2014.04.001     Document Type: Review

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