High-throughput fluorescence-based isolation of live C. elegans larvae

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1502-1510

  Fernandez, Anita G ^a,b   Bargmann, Bastiaan O R ^a,c   Mis, Emily K ^a   Edgley, Mark L ^d   Birnbaum, Kenneth D ^a   Piano, Fabio ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOMOZYGOTE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; PURIFICATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HOMOZYGOTE; LARVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84864477521     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.084     Document Type: Article

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