AmiGO 2: Term Details for "myelin sheath" (GO:0043209)

Accession: GO:0043209
Name: myelin sheath
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: Schwann cell myelin sheath, astrocyte sheath, oligodendrocyte myelin sheath
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: An electrically insulating fatty layer that surrounds the axons of many neurons. It is an outgrowth of glial cells: Schwann cells supply the myelin for peripheral neurons while oligodendrocytes supply it to those of the central nervous system. Source: Wikipedia:Myelin, GOC:jl, NIF_Subcellular:sao593830697, GOC:cjm
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0043209 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to myelin sheath (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to myelin sheath (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for myelin sheath (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
myelin sheath	is_a	cellular anatomical structure (GO:0110165)
myelin sheath	RO:0002162	Eumetazoa (NCBITaxon:6072)
myelin sheath	BFO:0000050	glial cell (CL:0000125)

subject	relation	object
myelin assembly (GO:0032288)	RO:0002588	myelin sheath
myelinated nerve fiber (UBERON:0006135)	BFO:0000051	myelin sheath
entire myelin sheath (UBERON:0000347)	RO:0002473	myelin sheath
compact myelin (GO:0043218)	BFO:0000050	myelin sheath
myelinating glial cell (CL:4023154)	BFO:0000051	myelin sheath
structural constituent of myelin sheath (GO:0019911)	BFO:0000066	myelin sheath
myelin sheath adaxonal region (GO:0035749)	BFO:0000050	myelin sheath
endoneurium (UBERON:0000123)	RO:0002221	myelin sheath
lateral loop (GO:0043219)	BFO:0000050	myelin sheath
myelin sheath abaxonal region (GO:0035748)	BFO:0000050	myelin sheath