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A life-span extending form of autophagy employs the vacuole-vacuole fusion machinery.
Autophagy - 1 Oct 2008
Tang Fusheng, Watkins Joseph W, Bermudez Maria, Gray Russell, Gaban Adam, Portie Ken, Grace Stephen, Kleve Maurice, Craciun Gheorghe
Abstract excerpt
While autophagy is believed to be beneficial for life-span extension, it is controversial which forms or aspects of autophagy are responsible for this effect. We addressed this topic by analyzing the life span of yeast autophagy mutants under caloric restriction, a longevity manipulation. Surpris...
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