| Term: | hair cell autophagosome assembly |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | hair cell |
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| Synonyms: | hair cells |
| Definition: | Hair cell is a mechanoreceptor cell that is sensitive to movement of the hair-like projections (stereocilia and kinocilia) which relay the information centrally in the nervous system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009366] |
| Name: | autophagosome assembly |
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| Synonyms: | autophagic vacuole assembly, autophagic vacuole formation, autophagosome biosynthesis, autophagosome formation, PAS formation |
| Definition: | 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. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0000045] QuickGO AmiGO |