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A part of an axon, a cell projection of a neuron. The long process of a neuron that conducts nerve impulses, usually away from the cell body to the terminals and varicosities, which are sites of storage and release of neurotransmitter. The main axonal trunk, as opposed to the collaterals. An axon part that is a gap in the myelin where voltage-gated sodium channels cluster and saltatory conduction is executed. Any constituent part of a cell projection, a prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: node of Ranvier
Acc: GO:0033268
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: An axon part that is a gap in the myelin where voltage-gated sodium channels cluster and saltatory conduction is executed.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 13 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0033268 - node of Ranvier (interactive image map)
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