A transfer-less, multi-well liquid culture feeding system for screening small molecules that affect the longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans

BioTechniques

Volumn 47, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Fitzgerald, Vanessa K ^a   Mensack, Meghan M ^a   Wolfe, Pamela ^b   Thompson, Henry J ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Crops; Extracts; Longevity; Right censor; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LIQUID CULTURE; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77953152484     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113277     Document Type: Article

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