| id | GO:0045730 Detailed information
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| name | respiratory burst
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "A phase of elevated metabolic activity, during which oxygen consumption increases; this leads to the production, by an NADH dependent system, of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| synonym | "metabolic burst" EXACT []
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| synonym | "oxidative burst" EXACT []
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| xref | Wikipedia:Respiratory_burst
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| is_a | GO:0008152 ! metabolic process
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