Cell Function
eryptosis
Subclass of:
Apoptosis
Definitions related to eryptosis:
  • Suicidal death of ERYTHROCYTES which results in features typical of apoptotic nucleated cells such as cell shrinkage, membrane blebbing, and scrambling of cell membrane to expose membrane PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES, which triggers engulfment and degradation by MACROPHAGES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (erythrocyte apoptotic process) Any apoptotic process in an erythrocyte.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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