Ageing - Yeast longevity gene goes public

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作者
Gems, D [1 ]
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[1] UCL, Dept Biol, London NW1 2HE, England
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10.1038/35065765
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Changes in gene silencing throughout life might be a general phenomenon underlying ageing and longevity: this mechanism is at work in yeast and, as new work suggests, nematode worms.
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