A primary culture system for functional analysis of C. elegans neurons and muscle cells

Neuron

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 503-514

  Christensen, Michael ^a,b   Estevez, Ana ^a   Yin, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Fox, Rebecca ^a   Morrison, Rebecca ^a   McDonnell, Maureen ^a   Gleason, Christina ^a   Miller III, David M ^a   Strange, Kevin ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEC 7; PROTEIN MYO 3; PROTEIN OPT 3; PROTEIN UNC 119; PROTEIN UNC 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO CELL; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0037075202     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(02)00591-3     Document Type: Article

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