Self-digestion as a means of survival (EurekAlert!)
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In times of starvation, cells tighten their belts: they start to digest their own proteins and cellular organs. An international cooperation of biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists have just come up with an explanation as to how autophagosomes know exactly which proteins and organelles they should degrade.
Self-digestion As A Means Of Survival (Science Daily)
In times of starvation, cells tighten their belts: they start to digest their own proteins and cellular organs. Biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists have just come up with an explanation as to how autophagosomes know exactly which proteins and organelles they should degrade.
Self-digestion as a means of survival (PhysOrg)
In times of starvation, cells tighten their belts: they start to digest their own proteins and cellular organs. The process - known as autophagy - takes place in special organelles called autophagosomes. It is a strategy that simple yeast cells have developed as a means of survival when times get tough, and in the course of evolution, it has become a kind of self-cleaning process. In mammalian …
