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Published on: June 16, 2023
Tracking the transition from an ATG9A vesicle to an autophagosome
David Broadbent1,2, Carlo Barnaba1, Jens C Schmidt1,3
1Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Abbreviations:
ATG: autophagy-related proteins; ULK1/2: Unc-51-Like activating Kinases; PI3Ks: Phosphoinositide 3-Kinases; ATG2A: autophagy-related protein 2A; ATG5: autophagy-related protein 5; ATG16: autophagy-related protein 16; ATG8: autophagy-related protein 8; U2OS: human bone osteosarcoma epithelial cell; LC3B: microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B Light Chain 3B; GABARAPL1: GABA type A Receptor-Associated Protein Like 1; ATG9A: autophagy-related protein 9A; ATG13: autophagy-related protein 13; SQSTM1: Sequestosome-1/p62; WIPI2: WD repeat domain, Phosphoinositide Interacting 2; PI3P: Phosphoinositide-3-phosphate.
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