Automated screening for mutants affecting dopaminergic-neuron specification in C-elegans

作者:Doitsidou Maria*; Flames Nuria; Lee Albert C; Boyanov Alexander; Hobert Oliver
来源:Nature Methods, 2008, 5(10): 869-872.
DOI:10.1038/NMETH.1250

摘要

We describe an automated method to isolate mutant Caenorhabditis elegans that do not appropriately execute cellular differentiation programs. We used a fluorescence-activated sorting mechanism implemented in the COPAS Biosort machine to isolate mutants with subtle alterations in the cellular specificity of GFP expression. This methodology is considerably more efficient than comparable manual screens and enabled us to isolate mutants in which dopamine neurons do not differentiate appropriately.

  • 出版日期2008-10