Autophagy: Dual roles in life and death?

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 505-510

  Baehrecke, Eric H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE;

AUTOPHAGY; CATABOLISM; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS;

EID: 20344387475     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1666     Document Type: Review

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