The autophagic roles of Rab small GTPases and their upstream regulators: A review

Autophagy

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1154-1166

  Szatmári, Zsuzsanna ^a   Sass, Miklós ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Autophagy; GAP; GEF; RAB; Small GTPases

Indexed keywords

RAB PROTEIN; RAB11 PROTEIN; RAB24 PROTEIN; RAB32 PROTEIN; RAB33 PROTEIN; RAB7 PROTEIN; RAB8 PROTEIN; RAB9 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOPHAGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOSOME; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASES; METABOLISM;

AUTOPHAGY; DISEASE; ENDOSOMES; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84903836778     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.29395     Document Type: Review

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