Using LC3 to monitor autophagy flux in the retinal pigment epithelium

Autophagy

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1190-1193

  Wang, Ai Ling ^a   Boulton, Michael E ^b   Dunn Jr , William A ^b   Rao, Harripriya Vittal ^b   Cai, Jun ^b   Lukas, Thomas J ^a   Neufeld, Arthur H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Aging; Autophagy flux; LC3; Lysosomes; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN LC3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL FUSION; CELL ORGANELLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MONITORING; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

EID: 73449121083     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.5.8.10087     Document Type: Article

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