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LITE-1 Mediates X-ray Avoidance Response in C. elegans

LITE-1 Mediates X-ray Avoidance Response in C. elegans

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LITE-1 Mediates X-ray Avoidance Response in C. elegans

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LITE-1 Mediates X-ray Avoidance Response in C. elegans

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Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Journal title

bioRxiv, 2019-09

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English

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Cold Spring Harbor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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Contents

We report the finding that C. elegans display X-ray avoidance behavior at high but well tolerated doses, and that this behavior appears to require LITE-1, a gustatory receptor that has been implicated in UV avoidance behavior. We recorded acute behavioral responses of wild-type worms to increasing intensities of X-ray stimulation and found a positi...

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LITE-1 Mediates X-ray Avoidance Response in C. elegans

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2289511050

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2289511050

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DOI

10.1101/766568