Term Information

Accession
GO:0022011
Name
myelination in peripheral nervous system
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
peripheral nervous system myelination
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which neuronal axons and dendrites become coated with a segmented lipid-rich sheath (myelin) to enable faster and more energetically efficient conduction of electrical impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier. Source: GOC:cls, GOC:dph, GO_REF:0000021, GOC:dgh, GOC:jid
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0022011 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of myelination in peripheral nervous system (GO:0022011)
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myelination in peripheral nervous system [is_a relation] is_a  peripheral nervous system axon ensheathment (GO:0032292)
myelination in peripheral nervous system [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  Schwann cell development (GO:0014044)
myelination in peripheral nervous system [is_a relation] is_a  myelination (GO:0042552)
Children of myelination in peripheral nervous system (GO:0022011)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
peripheral nervous system myelin maintenance (GO:0032287) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  myelination in peripheral nervous system
peripheral nervous system myelin formation (GO:0032290) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  myelination in peripheral nervous system
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