Obsolete Term Information

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Accession
GO:0042136
Name
obsolete neurotransmitter biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
neurotransmitter anabolism, neurotransmitter biosynthesis, neurotransmitter formation, neurotransmitter synthesis, neurotransmitter biosynthesis and storage, neurotransmitter biosynthetic process and storage
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
OBSOLETE. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any of a group of substances that are released on excitation from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron of the central or peripheral nervous system and travel across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell. Source: GOC:jl
Comment
The reason for obsoletion is that 'neurotransmitter' is unnecessary grouping in the metabolism branch of the ontology, and it creates true path violations.
History
See term history for GO:0042136 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
None
Subset
None
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