Cell Function
xenophagy
Definitions related to xenophagy:
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Autophagic degradation of microorganisms in the CYTOPLASM.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The selective autophagy process in which a region of cytoplasm containing an intracellular pathogen or some part of an intracellular pathogen (e.g. viral capsid) is enclosed in a double membrane bound autophagosome, which then fuses with the lysosome leading to degradation of the contents.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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