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preautophagic

preautophagic adjective: present prior to autophagy.

Adjective

preautophagic (not comparable)

  1. Present prior to autophagy
    • As preautophagic mitochondria reduce their membrane potential and OPA1 levels, these results suggest that fission events induce recycling processes.2016 January 16, “Quality Saving Mechanisms of Mitochondria during Aging in a Fully Time-Dependent Computational Biophysical Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of preautophagic

From pre- + autophagic.

Questions about preautophagic

What does preautophagic mean?
Preautophagic means present prior to autophagy.
What part of speech is preautophagic?
Preautophagic is an adjective.

Words near preautophagic in the dictionary

  1. preauthorizing
  2. preautistic
  3. preautonomic
  4. preautonomous
  5. preautonomy
  6. preautophagic
  7. preautophagosomal
  8. preautophagosome
  9. preautophagosomes
  10. preautopsy
  11. preaward

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