FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term axon ensheathment ID (Ontology) GO:0008366 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Any process in which the axon of a neuron is insulated, and that insulation maintained, thereby preventing dispersion of the electrical signal.[ ISBN:0878932437 ]
Also Known As "cellular axon ensheathment"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       9
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 axon ensheathment (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       9
     involved_in | axon ensheathment       9
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  cellular process
   |__ensheathment of neurons
       |__axon ensheathment  12 rec.
           |__axon ensheathment in central nervous system 3 rec.
           |   |__central nervous system myelination
           |   |__non-myelinated axon ensheathment in central nervous system
           |__glial cell projection elongation involved in axon ensheathment
           |__myelination
           |   |__central nervous system myelination
           |   |__myelination in peripheral nervous system
           |   |__myelination of lateral line nerve axons(+)
           |__non-myelinated axon ensheathment
           |   |__non-myelinated axon ensheathment in central nervous system
           |   |__peripheral nervous system non-myelinated axon ensheathment
           |__peripheral nervous system axon ensheathment
               |__myelination in peripheral nervous system
               |__peripheral nervous system non-myelinated axon ensheathment
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Is a ensheathment of neurons
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  • "cellular axon ensheathment" EXACT
    "cellular nerve ensheathment" RELATED
    "nerve ensheathment" RELATED
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