Term Information

Accession
GO:0098520
Name
excitatory neuromuscular junction
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The junction between the axon of a motor neuron and a muscle fiber. In response to the arrival of action potentials, the presynaptic button releases molecules of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. These diffuse across the cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane of the muscle fiber, leading to a post-synaptic potential responsible for muscle contraction. Source: GOC:dos
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0098520 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of excitatory neuromuscular junction (GO:0098520)
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excitatory neuromuscular junction [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory synapse (GO:0060076)
excitatory neuromuscular junction [is_a relation] is_a  neuromuscular junction (GO:0031594)
Children of excitatory neuromuscular junction (GO:0098520)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle fiber (GO:0098522) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory neuromuscular junction
excitatory neuromuscular junction of somatic myotube (GO:0098525) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory neuromuscular junction
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