lipid biosynthetic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0008610

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. [ GOC:go_curators ]

Synonyms: lipid synthesis, lipid anabolism, lipid biosynthesis, lipid formation, lipogenesis

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has obo namespace

biological_process

GO:0008610

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Equivalent to:

biosynthetic process and has primary output some lipid

Subclass of:

organic substance biosynthetic process
lipid metabolic process
has primary output some lipid

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regulates

regulation of lipid biosynthetic process

positively regulates

positive regulation of lipid biosynthetic process

negatively regulates

negative regulation of lipid biosynthetic process