A sterol-defined system for quantitative studies of sterol metabolism in C. elegans

Summary: This protocol describes the culturing of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) in a sterol-defined experimental system and the subsequent quantitative analysis of C. elegans sterols through gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Although studied primarily in mammals, sterols are e...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Trabelcy, Yoram Gerchman, Amir Sapir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:STAR Protocols
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666166721004172