Q&A: Trash talk: disposal and remote degradation of neuronal garbage

Abstract Caenorhabditis elegans neurons have recently been found to throw out cellular debris for remote degradation and/or storage, adding an “extracellular garbage elimination” option to known intracellular protein and organelle degradation pathways. This Q&A describes initial insights into th...

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Main Authors: Meghan Lee Arnold, Ilija Melentijevic, Anna Joelle Smart, Monica Driscoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0487-6