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Cytolysosome

Cytolysosome (autolysosoma; Greek autos – own, the same + Greek lysis – disintegration, dissolution, decomposition + Greek soma – a body; synonyms: an autofagosoma, a cytolysosome, a vacuole autofagichesky, a tsitosegresoma) – a lysosome in which destruction of the dying-off intracellular structures is observed. Cytolysosomes participate in processes of an autolysis, phisiological intracellular regeneration, etc.

 
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