Rapid sublethal toxicity assessment using bioluminescent caenorhabditis elegans, a novel whole-animal metabolic biosensor

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-95

  Lagido, Cristina ^a   McLaggan, Debbie ^a   Flett, Aileen ^a   Pettitt, Jonathan ^a   Glover, Anne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP; Cadmium; Caenorhabditis elegans; Firefly luciferase; Sublethal toxicity screening

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CADMIUM; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FIREFLY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 65549134280     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfp058     Document Type: Article

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