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Microautophagy MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Microautophagy
Tree Number(s)
G04.011.875
Unique ID
D000080551
RDF Unique Identifier
http://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.
Entry Term(s)
Chlorophagy
Endosomal Microautophagy
Micropexophagy
Piecemeal Microautophagy
Previous Indexing
Autophagy (1981-2019)
Public MeSH Note
2020
History Note
2020
Date Established
2020/01/01
Date of Entry
2019/07/08
Revision Date
2019/07/05
Microautophagy Preferred
Endosomal Microautophagy Related
Piecemeal Microautophagy Narrower
Chlorophagy Narrower
Micropexophagy Narrower
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