A proteolytic cleavage assay to monitor autophagy in dictyostelium discoideum

Autophagy

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1063-1068

  Calvo Garrido, Javier ^a   Carilla Latorre, Sergio ^a   Mesquita, Ana ^a   Escalante, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autophagic flux; Dictyostelium discoideum; Macroautophagy; Proteolytic assay

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN TKT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 80052357067     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.7.9.16629     Document Type: Article

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