Autophagy and apoptosis: What is the connection?

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 387-392

  Gump, Jacob M ^a   Thorburn, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DEATH; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC;

EID: 79959626436     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.03.007     Document Type: Review

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