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Descriptor English: Microautophagy
Descriptor Spanish: Microautofagia
Descriptor microautofagia
Entry term(s) clorofagia
microautofagia endosómica
microautofagia fragmentaria
micropexofagia
Scope note: Tipo de autofagia en el que elementos citoplasmáticos, como partes del NÚCLEO CELULAR, MITOCONDRIAS dañadas y gotículas lipídicas, son incorporados a vesículas pequeñas tales como VACUOLAS o CUERPOS MULTIVESICULARES y degradados por digestión lisosómica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Microautofagia
Descriptor French: Microautophagie
Entry term(s): Chlorophagy
Endosomal Microautophagy
Microautophagy, Endosomal
Microautophagy, Piecemeal
Micropexophagy
Piecemeal Microautophagy
Tree number(s): G04.011.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080551
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Autophagy (1981-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
DeCS ID: 59150
Unique ID: D000080551
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Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/07/05
Microautophagy - Preferred
Concept UI M000647961
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Microautophagy
Endosomal Microautophagy - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000647962
Preferred term Endosomal Microautophagy
Entry term(s) Microautophagy, Endosomal
Piecemeal Microautophagy - Narrower
Concept UI M000648911
Preferred term Piecemeal Microautophagy
Entry term(s) Microautophagy, Piecemeal
Chlorophagy - Narrower
Concept UI M000648910
Preferred term Chlorophagy
Micropexophagy - Narrower
Concept UI M000647963
Scope note Degradation of PEROXISOMES in yeast.
Preferred term Micropexophagy



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