Microautophagy [mikroautofagie]

topical
Terms

chlorofagie
endosomální mikroautofagie
endozomální mikroautofagie
mikropexofagie
postupná mikroautofagie

 

Chlorophagy
Endosomal Microautophagy
Micropexophagy
Piecemeal Microautophagy

Definition

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.

DUI
D000080551 MeSH Browser
CUI
M000647961
Previous indexing
Autophagy (1981-2019)
History note
2020
Public note
2020