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Oxygen-dependent perturbation of life span and aging rate in the nematode.
Journal of gerontology - 1 Mar 1993
Honda S, Ishii N, Suzuki K, Matsuo M
Abstract excerpt
The effects of atmospheric oxygen on the life span and aging rate of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans were examined. The mean and maximum life spans of both the wild type and mev-1(kn1) mutant, whose cytoplasmic superoxide dismutase activity level is about half of the wild type, were increased and decreased under low and high concentrations of oxygen, respectively. The Gompertz component, a parameter of aging...
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