Autophagy, cell death, and cancer

Molecular and Cellular Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Lin, Lin ^a   Baehrecke, Eric H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Atg gene; autophagy; caspase; necrosis; programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969409145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23723556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/23723556.2014.985913     Document Type: Review

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