Survival assays using Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 90-99

  Park, Hae Eun H ^a   Jung, Yoonji ^a   Lee, Seung Jae V ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; C. elegans; Immunity; Lifespan; Pathogen; Stress; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; GENETICS; LONGEVITY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, ANIMAL;

EID: 85018528134     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2017.0017     Document Type: Review

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