The marginal cells of the Caenorhabditis elegans pharynx scavenge cholesterol and other hydrophobic small molecules

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a bacterivore filter feeder. Through the contraction of the worm’s pharynx, a bacterial suspension is sucked into the pharynx’s lumen. Excess liquid is then shunted out of the buccal cavity through ancillary channels made by surrounding marginal cells. We find...

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Autores principales: Kamal, Muntasir, Moshiri, Houtan, Magomedova, Lilia, Han, Duhyun, Nguyen, Ken C. Q., Yeo, May, Knox, Jessica, Bagg, Rachel, Won, Amy M., Szlapa, Karolina, Yip, Christopher M., Cummins, Carolyn L., Hall, David H., Roy, Peter J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6718421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31477732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11908-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6718421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31477732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11908-0

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