Isolation and culture of larval cells from C. elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Sihui ^a   Banerjee, Diya ^a   Kuhn, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; DITHIOTHREITOL; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CONE; LARVAL STAGE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROTUBULE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MYOFILAMENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REPORTER GENE; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSCLE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; DITHIOTHREITOL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GROWTH CONES; LARVA; MICROTUBULES; MUSCLES; MYOSINS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

EID: 79955747343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019505     Document Type: Article

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