A high-throughput method for assessing chemical toxicity using a Caenorhabditis elegans reproduction assay

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-159

  Boyd, Windy A ^a   McBride, Sandra J ^a   Rice, Julie R ^a   Snyder, Daniel W ^a   Freedman, Jonathan H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative toxicological models; Cadmium; Caenorhabditis elegans; High throughput screening

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DIQUAT; METHADONE; PARAQUAT; PARATHION;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LARVAL STAGE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PH; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952772868     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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