Lysosomes As "suicide Bags" in Cell Death: Myth or Reality?

Overview

Journal J Biol Chem

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2009 May 29

PMID 19473965

Citations 95

Authors

Boris Turk

Vito Turk

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