autophagosome assembly

ID: GO_0000045

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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.

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SynonymScopeReference
autophagic vacuole formationrelated synonymmah
PAS formationnarrow synonym
autophagosome biosynthesisexact synonym
autophagosome formationexact synonym
autophagic vacuole assemblyexact synonymautophagy

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