Ageing, repetitive genomes and DNA damage
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
- Vol. 5 (1) , 69-75
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm1281
Abstract
The mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species is inversely proportional to longevity in animals. A key question now is, which molecules, among those that are oxidized, affect the lifespan of the organism most significantly?Keywords
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