Protein turnover.
The mechanisms and physiological meanings of protein turnover are crucial subjects in the understanding of life. However, for a long time, protein degradation was neglected by most biologists, and was thought of as a rather passive cellular process.
Ohsumi
Yoshinori
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Division of Molecular Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan. yohsumi@nibb.ac.jp
D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
D011506:Proteins