The cellular catabolic process in which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm; allows for both recycling of macromolecular constituents under conditions of cellular stress and remodeling the intracellular structure for cell differentiation. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198547684 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11099404 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9412464 GOC : autophagy ]
Term information
goslim_chembl, goslim_generic, goslim_drosophila, goslim_pir, goslim_pombe
- GO:0016238
- biological_process
- GO:0006914