Term: muscle mitophagy
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Name: muscle
Synonyms: muscles
Definition: Portion of tissue composed of contractile fibers.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005145]
Name: mitophagy
Synonyms: macromitophagy
Definition: The selective autophagy process in which a mitochondrion is degraded by macroautophagy.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0000423]    QuickGO    AmiGO