autophagosome assembly

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Nameautophagosome assembly
IDGO_0000045
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Biological process

Exact synonym

autophagic vacuole assembly, autophagosome biosynthesis, autophagosome formation

Description

The formation of a double membrane-bounded structure, the autophagosome, that occurs when a specialized membrane sac, called the isolation membrane, starts to enclose a portion of the cytoplasm.

Related synonym

autophagic vacuole formation

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