Superoxide dismutase and life span ofDrosophila melanogaster
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 35 (9) , 1193
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01963281
Abstract
Comparison of superoxide dismutase activity in homogenates of wild and vestigial strains ofD. melanogaster revealed a lower enzyme activity in the short-living vestigial strain.Keywords
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