What the papers say: Where is the somatic mutation that causes aging?

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1160-1163

  Driver, Christopher ^a  

^a National Aging Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; THEORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 8844255456     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20149     Document Type: Review

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