Measurement of autophagic activity in mammalian cells

Current Protocols in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.54, 2012, Pages

  Menzies, Fiona M ^a   Moreau, Kevin ^a   Puri, Claudia ^a   Renna, Maurizio ^a   Rubinsztein, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Electron microscopy; Huntington's disease; LC3; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BAFILOMYCIN A1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HUNTINGTIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELLS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHAGOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL LINE; CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY; PHAGOSOMES;

EID: 84868215597     PISSN: 19342500     EISSN: 19342616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb1516s54     Document Type: Article

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