Term Information

Accession
GO:0043220
Name
Schmidt-Lanterman incisure
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
Schmidt-Lanterman cleft
Alternate IDs
GO:0044287
Definition
Regions within compact myelin in which the cytoplasmic faces of the enveloping myelin sheath are not tightly juxtaposed, and include cytoplasm from the cell responsible for making the myelin. Schmidt-Lanterman incisures occur in the compact myelin internode, while lateral loops are analogous structures found in the paranodal region adjacent to the nodes of Ranvier. Source: GOC:dgh
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0043220 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of Schmidt-Lanterman incisure (GO:0043220)
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Schmidt-Lanterman incisure [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  compact myelin (GO:0043218)
Schmidt-Lanterman incisure [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)

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sao254777664