A comparative study of fat storage quantitation in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans using label and label-free methods.
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been employed as a model organism to study human obesity due to the conservation of the pathways that regulate energy metabolism. To assay for fat storage in C. elegans, a number of fat-soluble dyes have been employed including BODIPY, Nile Red, Oil Red O, and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2940797?pdf=render |