WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0008021

GO:0008021 Name: synaptic vesicle
  Definition: A secretory organelle, typically 50 nm in diameter, of presynaptic nerve terminals; accumulates in high concentrations of neurotransmitters and secretes these into the synaptic cleft by fusion with the 'active zone' of the presynaptic plasma membrane.
  Synonym: Narrow: docked vesicle
  Status: Valid
  Type: Cellular_component
  Child: Instance: GO:1990474
      GO:1990475
      GO:1990476
    Component: GO:0030672
      GO:0034592
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0070382
    Component_of: GO:0098793
  Attributes_of: Motif: INTERPRO:IPR001285
      INTERPRO:IPR001359
      INTERPRO:IPR030541
    Index: Ancestor (18)
      Descendant: GO:0030129
        GO:0030672
        GO:0034592
        GO:0098850
        GO:1990474
        GO:1990475
        GO:1990476
    Expr_pattern (26)
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    GO_annotation (69)
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15