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Assaying β-amyloid Toxicity using a Transgenic C. elegans Model
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神経科学
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Assaying β-amyloid Toxicity using a Transgenic C. elegans Model

Assaying β-amyloid Toxicity using a Transgenic C. elegans Model

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October 09, 2010

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13:59 min
October 09, 2010

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The intensely studied nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans can be transgenically engineered to express the human β-amyloid peptide (Aβ). Induced expression of Aβ in C. elegans muscle leads to a rapid, reproducible paralysis phenotype that can be used to monitor treatments that modulate Aβ toxicity.

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