Cell death by autophagy: Facts and apparent artefacts

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Denton, D ^a,b   Nicolson, S ^a   Kumar, S ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR CANCER BIOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

apoptosis; autophagic cell death; caspases; developmental cell death

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CATABOLISM; CELL DEATH; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOPHAGY; CASPASES; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DICTYOSTELIUM; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; OOGENESIS;

EID: 84856748733     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2011.146     Document Type: Review

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