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Opening a new DOR to autophagy
Author(s) -
Spowart Jaeline,
Lum Julian J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2009.265
Subject(s) - autophagy , regulator , microbiology and biotechnology , mitochondrion , biology , computational biology , neuroscience , biochemistry , apoptosis , gene
Our understanding of the autophagic pathway and the mechanisms that target specific components for degradation is still in its infancy. A new regulator, DOR, and a receptor that specifically targets mitochondria for degradation, Nix, provide new insights into this important process.