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XENOPHAGY [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
CONT

Xenophagy is a selective macroautophagic process that protects the host cytosol by entrapping and delivering microbes to a degradative compartment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Biologie moléculaire
DEF

Macroautophagie sélective qui permet la destruction des pathogènes cytosoliques, tels des parasites, des bactéries ou des virus.

OBS

La sélectivité est assurée en particulier par des récepteurs de reconnaissance de motifs pathogéniques.

OBS

xénophagie : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 4 février 2021.

Spanish

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