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The radiation-sensitive mutant rad-8 of Caenorhabditis elegans is hypersensitive to the effects of oxygen on aging and development.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 May 1993
Ishi N, Suzuki N, Hartman P S, Suzuki K
Abstract excerpt
A mutant of rad-8, originally isolated on the basis of its hypersensitivity to ultraviolet radiation, is also hypersensitive to oxygen and methyl viologen, a superoxide-anion generator. Oxygen also retarded development and reduced fecundity in a concentration-dependent fashion in rad-8 but not in wild type. In addition, the mean life span of rad-8 (but not wild type) was progressively shortened when animals...
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- Aging
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Fertility
- Longevity
- Mutation
- Oxygen
