A method for selective ablation of neurons in C. elegans using the phototoxic fluorescent protein, KillerRed

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 548, Issue , 2013, Pages 261-264

  Kobayashi, Junya ^a   Shidara, Hisashi ^a   Morisawa, Yuma ^a   Kawakami, Maki ^a   Tanahashi, Yuta ^a   Hotta, Kohji ^a   Oka, Kotaro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Chemosensation; KillerRed; Neural dynamics; Photo inactivation; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

BENZALDEHYDE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PROTEIN KILLERRED; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

C. ELEGANS; CHEMOSENSATION; KILLERRED; NEURAL DYNAMICS; PHOTO-INACTIVATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLS, CULTURED; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LASER THERAPY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84880135868     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.05.053     Document Type: Article

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