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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
SUBMITTER: Ana Viñuela
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16698 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
PloS one 20100816 8
Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) were originally designed to affect the nervous system by inhibiting the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, an important regulator of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Over the past years evidence is mounting that these compounds affect many other processes. Little is known, however, about gene expression responses against OPs in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. This is surprising because C. elegans is extensively used as a model species in toxicity studies. To a ...[more]