Category:GO:0009059 ! macromolecule biosynthetic process

name: macromolecule biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0043284
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass." [GOC:mah]
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subset: gocheck_do_not_annotate
subset: goslim_pir
synonym: "biopolymer biosynthetic process" EXACT [GOC:mtg_chebi_dec09]
synonym: "macromolecule anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "macromolecule biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "macromolecule formation" EXACT []
synonym: "macromolecule synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0009058 ! biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0043170 ! macromolecule metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0009059</GOterm>
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