Breaking Caenorhabditis elegans the easy way using the Balch homogenizer: An old tool for a new application

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 413, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-132

  Bhaskaran, Shylesh ^a   Butler, Jeffrey A ^a   Becerra, Sandra ^a   Fassio, Veronica ^a   Girotti, Milena ^a   Rea, Shane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Balch homogenizer; Caenorhabditis elegans; Catalase; Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase; Genomic DNA; Mitochondria; Polysomal profiling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOMES; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATALASE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GENOMIC DNA; HOMOGENIZERS; POLYSOMAL PROFILING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

CATALASE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GENOMIC DNA; GENOMIC RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALCH HOMOGENIZER; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ISOLATION; DNA ISOLATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; HEATING; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MITOCHONDRION; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RNA ISOLATION; ULTRASOUND;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955469914     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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