High-throughput screening and biosensing with fluorescent C. elegans strains

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 51, 2011, Pages

  Leung, Chi K ^a   Deonarine, Andrew ^a   Strange, Kevin ^b   Choe, Keith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; C. elegans; Drug discovery; High Throughput screening; Issue 51; Neuroscience; Nrf2; Oxidant; Small molecule

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355128983     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2745     Document Type: Article

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