The best-characterized process of autophagy is macroautophagy. Many an article or talk has started with the phrase “…macroautophagy, hereafter referred to as autophagy.” This one will be different because we are going to learn more about the person most responsible for increasing our understanding of chaperone-mediated autophagy, or CMA, J. Fred Dice.
Authors
Daniel J. Klionsky
Life Sciences Institute and Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and Department of Biological Chemistry; University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
J. Fred Dice
Department of Physiology; Tufts University; Boston, MA USA