Mechanisms of mitophagy in cellular homeostasis, physiology and pathology

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1013-1022

  Palikaras, Konstantinos ^a,b   Lionaki, Eirini ^a   Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; MITOPHAGY; MODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; AUTOPHAGY RELATED PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PARKIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PTEN-INDUCED PUTATIVE KINASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY-RELATED PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DEGRADATION; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 85052401474     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41556-018-0176-2     Document Type: Review

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