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3 days ago · Caenorhabditis elegans (/ ˌ s iː n oʊ r æ b ˈ d aɪ t ə s ˈ ɛ l ə ɡ æ n s /) is a free-living transparent nematode about 1 mm in length that lives in temperate soil environments. It is the type species of its genus. The name is a blend of the Greek caeno-(recent), rhabditis (rod-like) and Latin elegans (elegant).
May 17, 2024 · Caenorhabditis elegans is a species of soil-dwelling nematode (roundworm) used as a model organism in molecular genetics and developmental biology.
May 13, 2024 · Researchers fondly call the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans “ the worm” because of its widespread use in research to understand neuronal and molecular biology. It was the first multicellular...
May 15, 2024 · While some invertebrate Dicers act alone during antiviral defense, Caenorhabditis elegans Dicer acts in a complex with a dsRNA binding protein called RDE-4, and an RLR ortholog called DRH-1. We used biochemical and structural techniques to provide mechanistic insight into how these proteins function together.
May 22, 2024 · Contents. hide. (Top) History. Neurobiology. Types. Applications and examples. See also. References. Further reading. External links. Neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity or brain plasticity, is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization.
May 17, 2024 · Press Office 10 Dec 1998. Funded by the Medical Research Council and America's National Institutes of Health, the Sanger Centre and the Genome Sequencing Centre at St Louis have completed a 15-year project to sequence the complete genome of the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans . Email newsletter. News and blog updates.
May 13, 2024 · About Caenorhabditis elegans: It is a nematode worm which is a small, relatively simple, and precisely structured organism. C. elegans grows within 3-5 days from a fertilised egg to a millimetre-long adult, and it has informed profound insights into the human body, as well as biology.
