Term: muscle autophagy
Name: muscle
Synonyms: muscles
Definition: Portion of tissue composed of contractile fibers.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005145]

Name: autophagy
Synonyms:
Definition: The cellular catabolic process in which cells digest cellular materials, such as organelles and other macromolecular constituents, or non-self materials such as intracellular pathogens. Autophagy serves to provide essential nutrients under conditions of cellular stress; or can remodel intracellular structures during cell differentiation.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006914]    QuickGO    AmiGO