Autophagy: An Alternative Degradation Mechanism for Misfolded Proteins

Protein Misfolding Diseases: Current and Emerging Principles and Therapies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 113-129

  Kon, Maria ^a   Cuervo, Ana Maria ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability of autophagy in removing aberrant proteins relationship, autophagic malfunctioning and neurodegeneration; Autophagy, "self eating," evolutionarily conserved process of degradation of intracellular components by lysosomes; Autophagy, alternative degradation mechanism for misfolded proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886143965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470572702.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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