Janus-faced autophagy: A dual role of cellular self-eating in neurodegeneration?

Autophagy

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 461-463

  Vellai, Tibor ^a   Tóth, Márton L ^a   Kovács, Attila L ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Ceanorhabditis elegans; Hyperactive ion channel mutations; Lysosome; Membrane remodeling; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; NEUROTOXIN;

AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL INCLUSION; CYTOSOL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EXCITOTOXICITY; GENE INACTIVATION; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SHORT SURVEY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; MUS;

EID: 34548066028     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.4282     Document Type: Short Survey

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