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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. cell biology
  3. cell death
  4. programmed cell death
  5. autophagy
  6. macroautophagy

Preferred term

macroautophagy

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The segregation of large parts of the cytoplasm, including organelles and protein aggregates, into autophagosomes and lysosomal degradation after fusion with lysosomes.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • aggrephagy
  • chaperone-assisted selective autophagy
  • lysophagy
  • pexophagy
  • proteaphagy
  • xenophagy

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/310092

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