Nutrients and growth factors initiate endocytotic processes in the embryonic endoderm that control embryonic patterning. Here, Kawamuraet al.show that the small GTP-binding protein rab7 controls a unique microautophagy-like process that is involved in endocytosis in the endoderm of mouse embryos.
- Nobuyuki Kawamura
- Ge-Hong Sun-Wada
- Yoh Wada
