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A biochemist’s guide to Caenorhabditis elegans by Ann K. Corsi is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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This review is written as an introduction to those who may be contemplating a foray into the "worm world" but are not familiar with this animal or the toolbox of techniques and reagents that would be useful to get started. The goal is to provide an overview, an idea of what to consider, and where to Wnd additional resources and necessary information. It has been slightly more than 30 years since Sydney Brenner documented the use of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model genetic organism . Since that time more than 7000 articles investigating all aspects of this organism from its feeding and social behavior to very Wne details of neurotransmission have been published. After the sequence of the entire genome of C. elegans became available in 1998 , it became apparent that the similarity of genes in this microscopic nematode and those in humans is remarkable, with approximately 40% of genes that are associated with human disease having homologs in the C. elegans genome [3]. This similarity validates Brenner's choice of C. elegans as a model not only for general biological processes but also for elucidating the pathogenesis of disease. If the 1990s is considered the "decade of the genome,"
Who reads A biochemist’s guide to Caenorhabditis elegans?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.
- Author
- Ann K. Corsi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0003-2697)
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)