High-throughput and longitudinal analysis of aging and senescent decline in Caenorhabditis elegans

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 965, Issue , 2013, Pages 485-500

  Lionaki, Eirini ^a   Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Drug screening; Lifespan; Longitudinal studies; Micro fluidics; Nematode; Senescent decline; Stochastic death; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; STERILIZATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878878076     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-239-1_32     Document Type: Article

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