Inactivation of the autophagy Gene bec-1 triggers apoptotic cell death in C. elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1513-1517

  Takacs Vellai, Krisztina ^a,c   Vellai, Tibor ^a,c   Puoti, Alessandro ^a   Passannante, Myriam ^a   Wicky, Chantal ^a   Streit, Adrian ^b   Kovacs, Attila L ^c   Müller, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEC 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; BEC-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAD;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 23944448372     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.07.035     Document Type: Article

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