Characterization of the autophagy marker protein Atg8 reveals atypical features of autophagy in Plasmodium falciparum.

Conventional autophagy is a lysosome-dependent degradation process that has crucial homeostatic and regulatory functions in eukaryotic organisms. As malaria parasites must dispose a number of self and host cellular contents, we investigated if autophagy in malaria parasites is similar to the convent...

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Main Authors: Rahul Navale, Atul, Aparna Devi Allanki, Puran Singh Sijwali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4245143?pdf=render