Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Two Different Wild-Type Strains of Drosophila melanogaster
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Gerontology
- Vol. 27 (4) , 205-208
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000212474
Abstract
No significant differences were found in either mitochondrial or total superoxide dismutase activity levels in two different wild-type strains of Drosophila melanogaster whose life spans differed by 40%. The strains used were Oregon R and Swedish C.Keywords
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