Identification and Validation of Novel Autophagy Regulators Using an Endogenous Readout siGENOME Screen

Maria New1, Tim Van Acker1, Ming Jiang2

  • 1Molecular Cell Biology of Autophagy Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.

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