AmiGO 2: Term Details for "myelination" (GO:0042552)

Accession: GO:0042552
Name: myelination
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: myelinogenesis
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which myelin sheaths are formed and maintained around neurons. Oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system wrap axons with compact layers of their plasma membrane. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier. Source: GOC:mah, GOC:dgh
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0042552 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to myelination (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to myelination (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for myelination (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
myelination	is_a	axon ensheathment (GO:0008366)

subject	relation	object
positive regulation of myelination (GO:0031643)	RO:0002213	myelination
myelin assembly (GO:0032288)	BFO:0000050	myelination
central nervous system myelination (GO:0022010)	is_a	myelination
myelination in peripheral nervous system (GO:0022011)	is_a	myelination
negative regulation of myelination (GO:0031642)	RO:0002212	myelination
myelination of lateral line nerve axons (GO:0048897)	is_a	myelination
myelin maintenance (GO:0043217)	BFO:0000050	myelination
regulation of myelination (GO:0031641)	RO:0002211	myelination