Term: muscle glycogen metabolic process
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Name: muscle
Synonyms: muscles
Definition: Portion of tissue composed of contractile fibers.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005145]
Name: glycogen metabolic process
Synonyms: glycogen metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues in alpha-(1->4) glycosidic linkage, joined together by alpha-(1->6) glycosidic linkages.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0005977]    QuickGO    AmiGO