axon

long projection on a neuron that conducts signals to other neurons
Thing cellular_component Q178999
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axon

Summary

axon is a cellular component[1]. axon ranks in the top 3% of cellular_component entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (821 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • axon's instance of is recorded as cellular component[3].
  • axon's GND ID is recorded as 4200576-0[4].
  • axon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85010598[5].
  • axon's subclass of is recorded as neuron projection[6].
  • axon's subclass of is recorded as nerve fiber[7].
  • axon's subclass of is recorded as neurite[8].
  • axon's part of is recorded as neuron[9].
  • axon's part of is recorded as nerve[10].
  • axon's Commons category is recorded as Axons[11].
  • axon's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D001369[12].
  • axon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l6q[13].
  • axon's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.675.542.145[14].
  • axon's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.284.180.075[15].
  • axon's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.671.501.145[16].
  • axon's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0030424[17].
  • axon's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 6462[18].
  • axon's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0082437[19].
  • axon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • axon's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 67308[21].
  • axon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/axon[22].
  • axon's NALT ID is recorded as 14268[23].
  • axon's YSO ID is recorded as 38533[24].
  • axon's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00007541n[25].
  • axon's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0030424[26].
  • axon's NE.se ID is recorded as axon[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for axon include Golden Axon Award[28], an award[29], in United States[30], founded in 2010[31].

Why It Matters

axon ranks in the top 3% of cellular_component entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (821 views/month).[2] axon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] axon is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for axon include Golden Axon Award[28], an award[29], in United States[30], founded in 2010[31].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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