DOES CALORIC RESTRICTION ALTER IL-2 TRANSCRIPTION?

Mohammad A. Pahlavani

Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System and Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78284

Received 1/5/98 Accepted 1/9/98

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