Chemically defined medium and Caenorhabditis elegans

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Szewczyk, Nathaniel J ^a   Kozak, Elena ^a   Conley, Catharine A ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELEMENTAL DIET; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; SOLID; STANDARD; STORAGE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CULTURE MEDIA;

EID: 3042515173     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-3-19     Document Type: Article

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