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Descriptor English:
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Autophagy
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Autofagia
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Autofagia
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Synonyms English:
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Autophagocytosis
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Tree Number:
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G04.299.139.399
G04.299.482.350.091
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Definition English:
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The segregation and degradation of damaged or unwanted cytoplasmic constituents by autophagic vacuoles (cytolysosomes) composed of LYSOSOMES containing cellular components in the process of digestion; it plays an important role in BIOLOGICAL METAMORPHOSIS of amphibians, in the removal of bone by osteoclasts, and in the degradation of normal cell components in nutritional deficiency states. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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programmed cell death unspecified probably = APOPTOSIS, but check text
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History Note English:
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2006(1979)
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Record Number:
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1351
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Unique Identifier:
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D001343
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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