Starvation induced cell death in autophagy-defective yeast mutants is caused by mitochondria dysfunction.

Autophagy is a highly-conserved cellular degradation and recycling system that is essential for cell survival during nutrient starvation. The loss of viability had been used as an initial screen to identify autophagy-defective (atg) mutants of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but the mechanism of...

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Main Authors: Sho W Suzuki, Jun Onodera, Yoshinori Ohsumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3045454?pdf=render