WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0045211

GO:0045211 Name: postsynaptic membrane
  Definition: A specialized area of membrane facing the presynaptic membrane on the tip of the nerve ending and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft). Neurotransmitters cross the synaptic cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane.
  Synonym: Exact: post-synaptic membrane
  Status: Valid
  Type: Cellular_component
  Child: Component: GO:0098844
      GO:0098890
      GO:0099634
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0097060
    Component_of: GO:0098794
  Attributes_of: Motif: INTERPRO:IPR002394
      INTERPRO:IPR008060
      INTERPRO:IPR008128
      INTERPRO:IPR008129
      INTERPRO:IPR008130
      INTERPRO:IPR008132
      INTERPRO:IPR008133
    Index: Ancestor: GO:0005575
        GO:0005886
        GO:0016020
        GO:0030054
        GO:0045202
        GO:0071944
        GO:0098794
        GO:0097060
        GO:0098590
        GO:0110165
      Descendant: GO:0098839
        GO:0098844
        GO:0098890
        GO:0098892
        GO:0098893
        GO:0099147
        GO:0099164
        GO:0099634
    Expr_pattern: Expr11529
      Expr12606
    GO_annotation (274)
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15