GENETIC-ANALYSIS OF AGING IN SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE

Authors
KENNEDY BK GUARENTE L
Citation
Bk. Kennedy et L. Guarente, GENETIC-ANALYSIS OF AGING IN SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE, Trends in genetics, 12(9), 1996, pp. 355-359
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Trends in genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689525
Volume
12
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
355 - 359
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9525(1996)12:9<355:GOAIS>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The natural limits to life span are poorly understood Yeast is a good model organism for studies of the aging process because single cells c an be followed for many cell divisions and their loss of division pote ntial follows kinetics identical to mortality rates in complex organis ms. Recent experimental approaches ill yeast are beginning to lend to basic models of the factors that facilitate aging.