Cell Function
mitophagy
Subclass of:
Mitochondrial Turnover;
Autophagy
Definitions related to mitophagy:
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Proteolytic breakdown of the MITOCHONDRIA via autophagy.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The selective autophagy process in which a mitochondrion is degraded by macroautophagy.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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