Autophagy in Trypanosoma brucei: Amino acid requirement and regulation during different growth phases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Schmidt, Remo S ^a   Buẗikofer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN P67; AMINO ACID; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LIFE EXTENSION; LONGEVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STARVATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

AMINO ACIDS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84899414862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093875     Document Type: Article

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