Planteome: Term Details for "myelin sheath" (GO:0043209)

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Term Information

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
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to myelin sheath.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to myelin sheath.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for myelin sheath.
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GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0043209 myelin sheath
GO:0043218 compact myelin
GO:0043219 lateral loop
GO:0035748 myelin sheath abaxonal region
GO:0035749 myelin sheath adaxonal region
GO:0019911 structural constituent of myelin sheath

Parents of myelin sheath (GO:0043209)

subject	relation	object
myelin sheath	is_a	cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)

Children of myelin sheath (GO:0043209)

subject	relation	object
myelin sheath abaxonal region (GO:0035748)	BFO:0000050	myelin sheath
compact myelin (GO:0043218)	BFO:0000050	myelin sheath
myelin sheath adaxonal region (GO:0035749)	BFO:0000050	myelin sheath
lateral loop (GO:0043219)	BFO:0000050	myelin sheath
structural constituent of myelin sheath (GO:0019911)	BFO:0000066	myelin sheath

FMA: 62983
NIF_Subcellular: sao593830697
Wikipedia: Myelin