Autophagy: A Forty-Year Search for a Missing Membrane Source

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Original Authors: Juhasz Gabor; Neufeld Thomas P

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Autophagy is central to diverse biological processes in eukaryotes including animal development and cellular survival, and

also to neurodegenerative diseases, but the origin of the membranes that make up autophagic vesicles is unknown.

Published: February 14, 2006

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<div dir='ltr'><font size='6'><b>Autophagy: A Forty-Year Search for a Missing Membrane Source</b></font><br /><br /><strong>Summary by:</strong><a href="http://www.shvoong.com/writers/plos/" title="PLoS" target="_blank">PLoS</a><br />Autophagy is central to diverse biological processes in eukaryotes including animal development and cellular survival, and also to neurodegenerative diseases, but the origin of the membranes that make up autophagic vesicles is unknown.<br /><a href="http://www.shvoong.com/exact-sciences/biology/1788337-autophagy-year-search-missing-membrane/" target="_blank">Autophagy: A Forty-Year Search for a Missing Membrane Source</a> Originally published in Shvoong: <a href="http://www.shvoong.com/exact-sciences/biology/1788337-autophagy-year-search-missing-membrane/" target="_blank">http://www.shvoong.com/exact-sciences/biology/1788337-autophagy-year-search-missing-membrane/</a> </div>

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