Cell Function
xenophagy
Definitions related to xenophagy:
  • Autophagic degradation of microorganisms in the CYTOPLASM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The selective degradation of intracellular pathogen or some part of an intracellular pathogen (e.g. viral capsid) by macroautophagy.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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