Elucidating the composition and conservation of the autophagy pathway in photosynthetic eukaryotes

Autophagy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 701-715

  Shemi, Adva ^a   Ben Dor, Shifra ^a   Vardi, Assaf ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Algae; ATG8; ATG9; Autophagy; Blooms; Chromalveolata; Phylogenetics; Phytoplankton; Rhodophyta; Stress

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY RELATED PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CHROMALVEOLATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GREEN ALGA; HAPTOPHYTA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTE; RED ALGA; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIDS; RHODOPHYTA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84953855169     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2015.1034407     Document Type: Article

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