Cell Function
axonal transport
Subclass of:
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; Cytoplasmic streaming
Definitions related to axonal transport:
  • The directed movement of organelles or molecules along microtubules in axons.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The directed transport of ORGANELLES and molecules along nerve cell AXONS. Transport can be anterograde (from the cell body) or retrograde (toward the cell body). (Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3d ed, pG3)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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