| Term 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 |