Autophagy in unicellular eukaryotes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1541, 2010, Pages 819-830

  Kiel, Jan A K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amoebes; Atg proteins; Kinetoplastid parasites; Macroautophagy; Selective autophagy; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ORGANELLE; EUKARYOTE; GROWTH RATE; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; YEAST;

KINETOPLASTIDA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 77349113185     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0237     Document Type: Review

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