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Optical imaging of calcium transients in neurons and pharyngeal muscle of C. elegans.
Neuron - 1 Jun 2000
Kerr R, Lev-Ram V, Baird G, Vincent P, Tsien R Y, Schafer W R
Abstract excerpt
Electrophysiology and optical indicators have been used in vertebrate systems to investigate excitable cell firing and calcium transients, but both techniques have been difficult to apply in organisms with powerful reverse genetics. To overcome this limitation, we expressed cameleon proteins, genetically encoded calcium indicators, in the pharyngeal muscle of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. In intact...
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