Autophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1793, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1444-1451

  Megalou, Evgenia V ^a   Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ageing; Apoptosis; Autophagy; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell death; Hypoxia; Longevity; Necrosis; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATABOLISM; CELL GROWTH; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENT; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOXIA; KENNEDY DISEASE; LONGEVITY; LYSOSOME; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; NERVE DEGENERATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 69549120341     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.12.010     Document Type: Review

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