Term Name: autophagy
Synonyms:
Definition: The cellular catabolic process in which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm; allows for both recycling of macromolecular constituents under conditions of cellular stress and remodeling the intracellular structure for cell differentiation.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006914]   QuickGO   AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: protein targeting to vacuole involved in autophagy
is a type of: cellular catabolic process process utilizing autophagic mechanism
has subtype: autophagy of mitochondrion autophagy of nucleus autophagy of peroxisome chaperone-mediated autophagy late endosomal microautophagy lysosomal microautophagy macroautophagy
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of autophagy suppression by virus of host autophagy suppression of host autophagy
positively regulated by: induction by virus of host autophagy positive regulation of autophagy positive regulation of autophagy in response to ER overload
regulated by: modulation by symbiont of host autophagy regulation of autophagy