Mitochondrial involvement in the ageing process. Facts and controversies

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 325-328

  Brierley, Elizabeth J ^a   Johnson, Margaret A ^a   James, Oliver F W ^a   Turnbull, Douglass M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial DNA mutations; Respiratory chain; Theory

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION;

EID: 9844235346     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006847319162     Document Type: Article

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