The functional and pathologic relevance of autophagy proteases

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-41

  Fernández, Álvaro F ^a   López Otín, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 4; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATG4A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; BREAST CANCER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME REGULATION; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYSOSOME; MELANOMA; MICROAUTOPHAGY; MODULATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; UTERUS CANCER; YEAST; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84920380278     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI73940     Document Type: Review

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