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GO Term : GO:0043209 myelin sheath GO

Namespace  cellular_component Obsolete  false
Description  An electrically insulating fatty layer that surrounds the axons of many neurons. It is an outgrowth of glial cells: Schwann cells supply the myelin for peripheral neurons while oligodendrocytes supply it to those of the central nervous system.

1 Cross References

Identifier Name Description
FMA:62983  

0 Data Sets

1 Ontology

Name
GO

0 Ontology Annotations

3 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0005575 cellular_component A location, relative to cellular compartments and structures, occupied by a macromolecular machine. There are three types of cellular components described in the gene ontology: (1) the cellular anatomical entity where a gene product carries out a molecular function (e.g., plasma membrane, cytoskeleton) or membrane-enclosed compartments (e.g., mitochondrion); (2) virion components, where viral proteins act, and (3) the stable macromolecular complexes of which gene product are parts (e.g., the clathrin complex).
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical structure A part of a cellular organism consisting of a material entity with granularity above the level of a protein complex but below that of an anatomical system. Note that cellular organisms exclude viruses.
GO:0043209 myelin sheath An electrically insulating fatty layer that surrounds the axons of many neurons. It is an outgrowth of glial cells: Schwann cells supply the myelin for peripheral neurons while oligodendrocytes supply it to those of the central nervous system.

9 Relations

Relationship
Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
occurs in GO:0043209 GO:0019911
occurs in GO:0043209 GO:0019911
part of GO:0043209 GO:0035748
part of GO:0043209 GO:0035749
is_a GO:0110165 GO:0043209
is_a GO:0005575 GO:0043209
part of GO:0043209 GO:0043218
part of GO:0043209 GO:0043219
part of GO:0043209 GO:0043220

3 Synonyms

Name Type
oligodendrocyte myelin sheath synonym
astrocyte sheath synonym
Schwann cell myelin sheath synonym