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Jan. 2012 (No.39)
Jan. 2012 (No.39)
Cells grown under starvation conditions. The green spots indicate an autophagy protein that is normally diffused in the cytoplasm, but is recruited to form autophagosomes in response to stress. From the lab of Prof. Adi Kimchi
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