| Term: | regenerating tissue autophagy |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | regenerating tissue |
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| Synonyms: | regenerating tissues |
| Definition: | A portion of tissue that is regrowing after damage or amputation. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005147] |
| Name: | autophagy |
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| Definition: | The cellular catabolic process in which cells digest cellular materials, such as organelles and other macromolecular constituents, or non-self materials such as intracellular pathogens. Autophagy serves to provide essential nutrients under conditions of cellular stress; or can remodel intracellular structures during cell differentiation. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006914] QuickGO AmiGO |