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Preferred term

Microautophagy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Chlorophagy
  • Endosomal Microautophagy
  • Microautophagy, Endosomal
  • Microautophagy, Piecemeal
  • Micropexophagy
  • Piecemeal Microautophagy

Scope note

  • A type of autophagy in which the cytoplasmic entities, such as parts of CELL NUCLEI; damaged MITOCHONDRIA; and lipid droplets, are taken up by small vesicles such as VACUOLES or MULTIVESICULAR BODIES, and degraded by lysosomal digestion.

History note

  • 2020

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000080551

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