Genetic impairment of autophagy intensifies expanded polyglutamine toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 729-735

  Khan, Liakot A ^a   Yamanaka, Tomoyuki ^a   Nukina, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autophagy; C. elegans; Polyglutamine; RNAi

Indexed keywords

POLYGLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOME; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEPTIDES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 39749114348     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.01.150     Document Type: Article

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