Gene of the month: BECN1

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 656-660

  Sahni, Sumit ^a   Merlot, Angelica M ^a   Krishan, Sukriti ^a   Jansson, Patric J ^a   Richardson, Des R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS INFECTION; YEAST;

APOPTOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; TUMOUR BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 84905095317     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202356     Document Type: Review

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