recognition of apoptotic cell
The process in which a cell interprets signals (in the form of specific proteins and lipids) on the surface of a dying cell which it will engulf and remove by phagocytosis.
GO:0006910
phagocytosis, recognition
is_a
GO:0043277
apoptotic cell clearance
part_of
detection of apoptotic cell
exact
detection of apoptotic cell corpse
exact
detection of cell corpse
exact
recognition of apoptotic cell corpse
exact
recognition of cell corpse
exact