Term Information

Accession
GO:0042757
Name
giant axon
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Extremely large, unmyelinated axon found in invertebrates. Has high conduction speeds and is usually involved in panic or escape responses. Source: PMID:9705477, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
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Subset
None
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giant axon [is_a relation] is_a  axon (GO:0030424)

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