C. elegans encodes a PTEN homolog called DAF-18 and human PTEN can functionally replace DAF-18. Thus C. elegans provides a valuable model organism to study PTEN. This chapter provides methods to study DAF-18/PTEN function in C. elegans. We provide methods to genotype daf - 18/Pten mutants, visualize and quantify DAF-18/PTEN in C. elegans, as well as to study physiological and developmental processes that will provide molecular insight on DAF-18/PTEN function.
CITATION STYLE
Zheng, S., & Chin-Sang, I. D. (2016). C. elegans methods to study PTEN. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1388, pp. 307–321). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3299-3_17
Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.