AmiGO 2: Term Details for "axon initial segment" (GO:0043194)

Accession: GO:0043194
Name: axon initial segment
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: initial segment
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Portion of the axon proximal to the neuronal cell body, at the level of the axon hillock. The action potentials that propagate along the axon are generated at the level of this initial segment. Source: PMID:1754851, PMID:21551097, GOC:nln, GOC:sl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0043194 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
axon initial segment	RO:0002162	Eumetazoa (NCBITaxon:6072)
axon initial segment	BFO:0000050	main axon (GO:0044304)
axon initial segment	is_a	cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)

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