Omegasome

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cup-shaped protrusion from the endoplasmic reticulum that serves as a platform for autophagosome biogenesis in mammalian cells.

Etymology

From omega + -some, from the similarity in shape to the letter omega.

Related phrases

endoplasmic reticulum

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