Visualization of fibrillar amyloid deposits in living, transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans animals using the sensitive amyloid dye, X-34

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-226

  Link, Christopher D ^a   Johnson, Carolyn J ^a   Fonte, Virginia ^a   Paupard, Marie Christine ^b   Hall, David H ^b   Styren, Scot ^c   Mathis, Chester A ^d   Klunk, William E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SANOFI   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

4G8; Abeta; Amyloid; BSB; C. elegans; Fibrillar ultrastructure; Immuno EM; In vivo staining; Transgenic; Transthyretin; X 34

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CONGO RED; DIRECT YELLOW 7; FLUORESCENT DYE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 4G8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X 34 DYE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ALKENES; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BENZOATES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; PREALBUMIN; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0035109444     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(00)00237-2     Document Type: Article

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