Comprehensive phenotyping and transcriptome profiling to study nanotoxicity in C. elegans
Engineered nanoparticles are used at an increasing rate in both industry and medicine without fully understanding their impact on health and environment. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a suitable model to study the toxic effects of nanoparticles as it is amenable to comprehensive phenotyping...
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Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2020-02-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/8684.pdf |