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Term Information

Accession
GO:0043194
Name
axon initial segment
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
initial segment
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Portion of the axon proximal to the neuronal cell body, at the level of the axon hillock. The action potentials that propagate along the axon are generated at the level of this initial segment. Source: PMID:1754851, PMID:21551097, GOC:nln, GOC:sl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0043194 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of axon initial segment (GO:0043194)
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axon initial segment [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
axon initial segment [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  main axon (GO:0044304)

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NIF_Subcellular
sao256000789