AmiGO 2: Term Details for "glucagon secretion" (GO:0070091)

Accession: GO:0070091
Name: glucagon secretion
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The regulated release of glucagon from secretory granules in the A (alpha) cells of the pancreas (islets of Langerhans). Source: GOC:BHF, GOC:rl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0070091 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to glucagon secretion (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to glucagon secretion (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for glucagon secretion (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
glucagon secretion	is_a	peptide hormone secretion (GO:0030072)
glucagon secretion	RO:0004009	glucagon (CHEBI:5391)

subject	relation	object
positive regulation of glucagon secretion (GO:0070094)	RO:0002213	glucagon secretion
negative regulation of glucagon secretion (GO:0070093)	RO:0002212	glucagon secretion
glucagon secreting cell (CL:0000170)	RO:0002215	glucagon secretion
pancreatic A cell (CL:0000171)	RO:0002215	glucagon secretion
endocrine pancreas (UBERON:0000016)	RO:0002215	glucagon secretion
regulation of glucagon secretion (GO:0070092)	RO:0002211	glucagon secretion

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