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macroautophagy

macroautophagy noun: a form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome.

Noun

macroautophagy (uncountable)

  1. A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome

Origin of macroautophagy

From macro- + autophagy.

Questions about macroautophagy

What does macroautophagy mean?
Macroautophagy means a form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome.
What part of speech is macroautophagy?
Macroautophagy is a noun.

Words near macroautophagy in the dictionary

  1. macroassemblies
  2. macroassembly
  3. macroautophagic
  4. macroautophagosome
  5. macroautophagosomes
  6. macroautophagy
  7. macrobacteria
  8. macrobacterium
  9. macrobaenid
  10. macrobaenids
  11. macroband

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