Planteome: Term Details for "Herring body" (GO:1990623)

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Accession: GO:1990623
Name: Herring body
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: neurosecretory body
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The dilated terminal portions of neurosecretory axons constituting the hypothalamohypophyseal tract, found in close proximity to sinusoidal capillaries in the posterior pituitary. Herring bodies consist of aggregates of membrane-bound neurosecretory vesicles where oxytocin or antidiuretic hormone (ADH) are stored prior to release. Each Herring body also contains ATP and either neurophysin I or neurophysin II which bind to oxytocin and ADH, respectively. Source: Wikipedia:Herring_bodies, ISBN:0199652473
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:1990623 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to Herring body.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to Herring body.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for Herring body.
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GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0042995 cell projection
GO:0030054 cell junction
GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0043005 neuron projection
GO:0120025 plasma membrane bounded cell projection
GO:0030424 axon
GO:0045202 synapse
GO:0150034 distal axon
GO:0044306 neuron projection terminus
GO:0098793 presynapse
GO:0043679 axon terminus
GO:1990623 Herring body

Parents of Herring body (GO:1990623)

subject	relation	object
Herring body	is_a	axon terminus (GO:0043679)

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Herring body

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Parents of Herring body (GO:1990623)

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