intracellular accumulation of glycerol

id: GO:0006973
name: intracellular accumulation of glycerol
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The accumulation of glycerol within a cell, for example by increased glycerol biosynthesis combined with decreased permeability of the cell membrane to glycerol, in response to the detection of a hyperosmotic environment.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0019725cellular homeostasis