Term Information

Accession
GO:0043654
Name
recognition of apoptotic cell
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
detection of apoptotic cell, detection of apoptotic cell corpse, detection of cell corpse, recognition of apoptotic cell corpse, recognition of cell corpse
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process in which a cell interprets signals (in the form of specific proteins and lipids) on the surface of a dying cell which it will engulf and remove by phagocytosis. Source: PMID:15536015, GOC:rk
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0043654 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of recognition of apoptotic cell (GO:0043654)
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recognition of apoptotic cell [is_a relation] is_a  phagocytosis, recognition (GO:0006910)
recognition of apoptotic cell [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apoptotic cell clearance (GO:0043277)

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