Term Name: | purine-containing compound salvage |
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Synonyms: | purine salvage |
Definition: | Any process that generates a purine-containing compound, any nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide or nucleic acid that contains a purine base, from derivatives of them without de novo synthesis. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0043101] QuickGO AmiGO |