The aging biological clock in Neurospora crassa

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3494-3507

  Case, Mary E ^a   Griffith, James ^a,b   Dong, Wubei ^a   Tigner, Ira L ^a   Gaines, Kimberly ^a   Jiang, James C ^c   Jazwinski, S Michal ^c   Arnold, Jonathan ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^d  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Bd; Biological clock; Lag 1; Neurospora crassa; Ras 1

Indexed keywords

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84908073373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1202     Document Type: Article

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