ZFIN GO: Biological Process: myelination

OBO ID: GO:0042552

Term Name:	myelination		Search Ontology:
Synonyms:	myelinogenesis
Definition:	The process in which myelin sheaths are formed and maintained around neurons. Oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system wrap axons with compact layers of their plasma membrane. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier.
References:	Wikipedia:Myelin
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

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has parts:	myelin assembly myelin maintenance myelin assembly myelin maintenance Show first 5 Terms
is a type of:	axon ensheathment axon ensheathment Show first 5 Terms
has subtype:	central nervous system myelination myelination in peripheral nervous system myelination of lateral line nerve axons central nervous system myelination myelination in peripheral nervous system myelination of lateral line nerve axons Show first 5 Terms
negatively regulated by:	negative regulation of myelination negative regulation of myelination Show first 5 Terms
positively regulated by:	positive regulation of myelination positive regulation of myelination Show first 5 Terms
regulated by:	regulation of myelination regulation of myelination Show first 5 Terms

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