English Explanatory Dictionary

omegasome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

omegasome omegasomes

Etymology

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

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