Surfactant stimulation of growth in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 462-470

  Mutwakil, Mohammed H A Z ^a   Steele, Tamazin J G ^a   Lowe, Kenneth C ^a   De Pomerai, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid incorporation; Caenorhabditis elegans; Growth; Nematode; Size separation; Stress response; Surfactants; Synchronous culture; Transgenic strain

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GROWTH KINETICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TOXICITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SOMATIC CELL LINEAGE;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

AGAR; POLOXAMER; POLYSORBATE 20; SURFACTANT; TRITON X 100;

AERATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FRACTIONATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PARASITE CULTIVATION; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031149065     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-0229(96)01173-8     Document Type: Article

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