Autophagy-Related Protein ATG8 Has a Noncanonical Function for Apicoplast Inheritance in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Toxoplasma gondii</named-content>
ABSTRACT Autophagy is a catabolic process widely conserved among eukaryotes that permits the rapid degradation of unwanted proteins and organelles through the lysosomal pathway. This mechanism involves the formation of a double-membrane structure called the autophagosome that sequesters cellular com...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2015-12-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01446-15 |