Term Information

Accession

GO:0043025

Ontology

cellular component

Synonyms

exact: neuron cell body

exact: neuronal cell soma

Definition

The portion of a neuron that includes the nucleus, but excludes all cell projections such as axons and dendrites. [source: GOC:go_curators]

Comment

Note that 'cell body' and 'cell soma' are not used in the literature for cells that lack projections, nor for some cells (e.g. yeast with mating projections) that do have projections.

Subset

• goslim_pir

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External References

NIF_Subcellular (1)

• sao1044911821

Wikipedia (1)

• Soma_(biology)

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