muscle atrophy

I. Literature review

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Namemuscle atrophy
IDGO_0014889
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Biological process

Description

A process, occurring in the muscle, that is characterized by a decrease in protein content, fiber diameter, force production and fatigue resistance in response to different conditions such as starvation, aging and disuse.

Comment

GO:0014889 should only be used for annotation when muscle atrophy is a normal physiological process and not a disease process.

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