C. elegans chemotaxis assay

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 74, 2013, Pages

  Margie, Olivia ^a   Palmer, Chris ^a   Chin Sang, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Animal model; Behavior; Biochemistry; C. elegans; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cellular biology; Chemical engineering; Chemotactic index; Chemotaxis; Chemotaxis assay; Developmental biology; Issue 74; Molecular biology; Nematode; Physiology; Worm movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877030787     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50069     Document Type: Article

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