title: Autophagy shows its animal side.
abstract: Most autophagy genes have been discovered in the single-celled yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and little is known about autophagy genes that are specific to multicellular animals. In this issue, Tian et al. (2010) now identify four new autophagy genes: one specific to the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and three conserved from worms to mammals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
authors.forename: Christina K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: McPhee
authors.forename: Eric H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Baehrecke