AmiGO 2: Term Details for "varicosity" (GO:0043196)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0043196
Name: varicosity
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Non-terminal inflated portion of the axon, containing the specialized apparatus necessary to release neurotransmitters. Source: GOC:nln
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0043196 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to varicosity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to varicosity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for varicosity (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0032501 multicellular organismal process
UBERON:0000061 anatomical structure
CL:0000000 cell
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0003008 system process
CARO:0030000 biological entity
GO:0007154 cell communication
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
CL:0000211 electrically active cell
GO:0050877 nervous system process
CARO:0000000 anatomical entity
GO:0042995 cell projection
CL:0000393 electrically responsive cell
CL:0000404 electrically signaling cell
CL:0002319 neural cell
GO:0019226 transmission of nerve impulse
UBERON:0001062 anatomical entity
CARO:0000006 material anatomical entity
CL:0000540 neuron
GO:0120025 plasma membrane bounded cell projection
CARO:0000003 connected anatomical structure
UBERON:0000465 material anatomical entity
GO:0043005 neuron projection
GO:0030424 axon
GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0044304 main axon
GO:0043196 varicosity

Parents of varicosity (GO:0043196)

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

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