Live cell imaging of early autophagy events: Omegasomes and beyond

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 77, 2013, Pages

  Karanasios, Eleftherios ^a   Stapleton, Eloise ^b   Walker, Simon A ^a   Manifava, Maria ^a   Ktistakis, Nicholas T ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Biochemistry; Cell; Cell biology; Cellular biology; DFCP1; Fluorescence; Imaging; Issue 77; LC3; Live imaging; Microscopy; Molecular biology; Omegasome; Phosphatidylinositols; Time lapse microscopy; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880944498     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50484     Document Type: Article

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