Small Molecule Injection into Single-Cell C. elegans Embryos via Carbon-Reinforced Nanopipettes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Brennan, Lucy D ^a   Roland, Thibault ^a,b   Morton, Diane G ^b   Fellman, Shanna M ^a,b   Chung, SueYeon ^a,b,c   Soltani, Mohammad ^a,b   Kevek, Joshua W ^a,d   McEuen, Paul M ^a   Kemphues, Kenneth J ^b   Wang, Michelle D ^a,b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELL PROTEIN; LATRUNCULIN A; PAR 6 PROTEIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBON REINFORCED NANOPIPETTE; CELL CORTEX; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INJECTION; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NANOPIPETTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARBON; CELL POLARITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INJECTIONS; MEIOSIS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 84884608403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075712     Document Type: Article

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