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Accession
GO:0001896
Name
autolysis
Ontology
biological_process
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Definition
A programmed cell death process observed in bacteria and filamentous fungi and leading to spontaneous death by lysis. Examples are lysis of the mother cell during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis and self-degradation of fungal cells in Aspergillus nidulans. Autolysis is also involved in bacterial biofilm formation. Source: PMID:10974124, PMID:26811896, GOC:add, PMID:19286987, GOC:jh2, GOC:mtg_apoptosis
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autolysis [is_a relation] is_a  programmed cell death (GO:0012501)

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Autolysis