The Atg8 family: Multifunctional ubiquitin-like key regulators of autophagy

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-64

  Rawet Slobodkin, Moran ^a   Elazar, Zvulun ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atg8; Autophagosome; GABARAP; GATE 16; LC3; Lysosome; Phosphatidylethanolamine; Ubiquitin; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 84892161646     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0550051     Document Type: Article

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