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Simplified overview of autophagy in yeast and mammals. Selected aspects of the autophagic process from initiation at the phagophore assembly site (PAS) in yeast (blue) or the omegasome in mammals (yellow) to fusion with the vacuole/lysosome including proteins mentioned in later sections are depicted. Please see main text for further details. PAS = phagophore assembly site.
