| Literature DB >> 6387441 |
S Goldstein, R J Shmookler Reis.
Abstract
We review evidence that biological aging is a genetic process related to development and cytodifferentiation and thus may involve alterations of DNA structure and gene expression. We conclude that although determined to a high degree aging also involves stochastic features which lead to progressive somatic cell diversification during the life span. These considerations may help to explain the unevenness of physiological decline and the clonal emergence of certain age-dependent diseases such as cancer.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6387441 DOI: 10.1007/bf00420924
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Biochem ISSN: 0300-8177 Impact factor: 3.396