AmiGO 2: Term Details for "axon ensheathment" (GO:0008366)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0008366
Name: axon ensheathment
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: cellular axon ensheathment, cellular nerve ensheathment, nerve ensheathment
Alternate IDs: GO:0042553
Definition: Any process in which the axon of a neuron is insulated, and that insulation maintained, thereby preventing dispersion of the electrical signal. Source: ISBN:0878932437, GOC:jl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0008366 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: has participant axon
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to axon ensheathment (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to axon ensheathment (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for axon ensheathment (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0048856 anatomical structure development
GO:0032502 developmental process
GO:0032501 multicellular organismal process
GO:0007275 multicellular organism development
GO:0048731 system development
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0007399 nervous system development
GO:0007272 ensheathment of neurons
GO:0008366 axon ensheathment
GO:0032291 axon ensheathment in central nervous system
GO:0106092 glial cell projection elongation involved in axon ensheathment
GO:0042552 myelination
GO:0032285 non-myelinated axon ensheathment
GO:0032292 peripheral nervous system axon ensheathment

Parents of axon ensheathment (GO:0008366)

subject	relation	object
axon ensheathment	RO:0000057	axon (GO:0030424)
axon ensheathment	is_a	ensheathment of neurons (GO:0007272)

Children of axon ensheathment (GO:0008366)

subject	relation	object
myelination (GO:0042552)	is_a	axon ensheathment
glial cell projection elongation involved in axon ensheathment (GO:0106092)	is_a	axon ensheathment
peripheral nervous system axon ensheathment (GO:0032292)	is_a	axon ensheathment
non-myelinated axon ensheathment (GO:0032285)	is_a	axon ensheathment
axon ensheathment in central nervous system (GO:0032291)	is_a	axon ensheathment

axon ensheathment