Beclin 1 biology and its role in heart disease

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 229-237

  Zhu, Hongxin ^a   He, Lin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Beclin 1; Gene expression; Heart; MicroRNA; Post translational modification; Protein interaction

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BECN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REPERFUSION INJURY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; AUTOPHAGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

EID: 84930688637     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: 18756557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573403X10666141106104606     Document Type: Article

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