Aut2p and Aut7p, two novel microtubule-associated proteins are essential for delivery of autophagic vesicles to the vacuole

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3597-3607

  Lang, Thomas ^a   Schaeffeler, Elke ^a   Bernreuther, Daniela ^a   Bredschneider, Monika ^a   Wolf, Dieter H ^a   Thumm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aut2p; Aut7p; Autophagocytosis; Autophagosomes; LC3; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHAGOSOMES; PHENOTYPE; RATS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VACUOLES;

EID: 0032126632     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3597     Document Type: Article

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