The Autophagy Machinery in Human-Parasitic Protists; Diverse Functions for Universally Conserved Proteins

Autophagy is a eukaryotic cellular machinery that is able to degrade large intracellular components, including organelles, and plays a pivotal role in cellular homeostasis. Target materials are enclosed by a double membrane vesicle called autophagosome, whose formation is coordinated by autophagy-re...

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Main Authors: Hirokazu Sakamoto, Kumiko Nakada-Tsukui, Sébastien Besteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/5/1258