AmiGO 2: Term Details for "asymmetric synapse" (GO:0032279)

Accession: GO:0032279
Name: asymmetric synapse
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: Gray's type I synapse
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A type of synapse occurring between an axon and a dendritic spine or dendritic shaft. Asymmetric synapses, the most abundant synapse type in the central nervous system, involve axons that contain predominantly spherical vesicles and contain a thickened postsynaptic density. Most or all synapses of this type are excitatory. Source: GOC:ef, GOC:dgh
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0032279 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to asymmetric synapse (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to asymmetric synapse (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for asymmetric synapse (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
asymmetric, glutamatergic, excitatory synapse (GO:0098985)	is_a	asymmetric synapse
spine synapse (GO:0106033)	is_a	asymmetric synapse
mossy fiber rosette (GO:0097471)	is_a	asymmetric synapse
postsynaptic density (GO:0014069)	BFO:0000050	asymmetric synapse

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