AmiGO 2: Term Details for "ensheathment of neurons" (GO:0007272)

Accession: GO:0007272
Name: ensheathment of neurons
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: ionic insulation of neurons by glial cells
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which glial cells envelop neuronal cell bodies and/or axons to form an insulating layer. This can take the form of myelinating or non-myelinating ensheathment. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:dgh
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0007272 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: has participant glial cell; has participant neuron
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to ensheathment of neurons (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to ensheathment of neurons (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for ensheathment of neurons (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
ensheathment of neurons	RO:0000057	glial cell (CL:0000125)
ensheathment of neurons	RO:0000057	neuron (CL:0000540)
ensheathment of neurons	BFO:0000050	nervous system development (GO:0007399)
ensheathment of neurons	is_a	cellular process (GO:0009987)
ensheathment of neurons	RO:0002162	Eumetazoa (NCBITaxon:6072)

subject	relation	object
axon ensheathment (GO:0008366)	is_a	ensheathment of neurons
ensheathment of neuronal cell bodies (GO:0032295)	is_a	ensheathment of neurons

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