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autolysosome — noun The result of the fusion of a hydrolase and a lysosome … Wiktionary
Autophagy (cellular) — In cell biology, autophagy, or autophagocytosis, is a catabolic process involving the degradation of a cell s own components through the lysosomal machinery. It is a tightly regulated process that plays a normal part in cell growth, development,… … Wikipedia
VPS4A — Vacuolar protein sorting 4 homolog A (S. cerevisiae), also known as VPS4A, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: VPS4A vacuolar protein sorting 4 homolog A (S. cerevisiae)| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene… … Wikipedia
Autophagy — This article is about the cellular process. For other uses, see Autophagy (disambiguation). (A) Diagram of autophagy; (B) Electron micrograph of autophagic structures in the fatbody of a fruit fly larva; (C) Fluorescently labeled autophagosomes… … Wikipedia
autophagolysosome — The digestive vacuole of autophagy that results from the fusion of a primary lysosome with an autophagic vacuole. * * * au·to·phago·ly·so·some (aw″to fag″ə liґsə sōm) autolysosome … Medical dictionary
autophagosome — au·to·phago·some (aw″to fagґə sōm) [auto + phagosome] an intracytoplasmic vacuole containing elements of the cell s own cytoplasm, formed by macroautophagy; it fuses with a primary lysosome to form an autolysosome, subjecting its… … Medical dictionary
