Selective autophagic degradation of maternally-loaded germline P granule components in somatic cells during C. elegans embryogenesis

Autophagy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 717-719

  Zhao, Yu ^a   Tian, E ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy; bec 1; C. Elegans; P granule; sepa 1; vps 34

Indexed keywords

ATG8 PROTEIN; BECLIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VPS 34 PROTEIN;

AUTOPHAGY; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL GRANULE; DEGRADATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; P GRANULE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPA 1 GENE; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 67650216222     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.5.5.8552     Document Type: Short Survey

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