Technical Reference #600

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
35-mm Petri dish with a 14-mm microwell (MatTek Corp.)

600.

Oscillatory Ca2+ Signaling In The Isolated Caenorhabditis Elegans Intestine: Role Of The Inositol-1;4;5-Trisphosphate Receptor And Phospholipases C{Beta} And {Gamma} Maria V. Espelt; Ana Y. Estevez; Xiaoyan Yin; and Kevin Strange, Vanderbilt University, The Journal of General Physiology, 126(600), (2005)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
Defecation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a readily observable ultradian behavioral rhythm that occurs once every 45–50 s and is mediated in part by posterior body wall muscle contraction (pBoc).

Keywords:
Caenorhabditis elegans; posterior body wall muscle contraction (pBoc); oscillatory Ca 2 signaling; intercellular Ca2+ waves

Materials & Methods:
Isolated intestines were transferred by pipette to a 35-mm Petri dish with a 14-mm microwell (MatTek Corp.).

Microscopic Technique
Confocal Microscopy

Cell Type(s)
Intestinal epithelium