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Vacuole membrane protein 1, autophagy and much more.
Autophagy - 1 Aug 2008
Calvo-Garrido Javier, Carilla-Latorre Sergio, Escalante Ricardo
Abstract excerpt
Vacuole membrane protein 1 (Vmp1) is a putative transmembrane protein that has been associated with different functions including autophagy, cell adhesion, and membrane traffic. Highly similar proteins are present in lower eukaryotes and plants although a homologue is absent in the fungi lineage. We have recently described the first loss-of-function mutation for a Vmp1 homologue in a model system, Dictyostelium...
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