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Accession: GO:0032280
Name: symmetric synapse
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: Gray's type II synapse
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A synapse that lacks an electron dense postsynaptic specialization. In vertebtrates, these occur primarily on dendrite shafts and neuronal cell bodies and involve persynapses containing clusters of predominantly flattened or elongated vesicles and are typically inhibitory. Source: GOC:ef, GOC:dgh
Comment: The term 'symmetric' in this name refers only to gross morphology. There is no implication of functional symmetry.
History: See term history for GO:0032280 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to symmetric synapse (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to symmetric synapse (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for symmetric synapse (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
symmetric synapse	RO:0002162	Metazoa (NCBITaxon:33208)
symmetric synapse	is_a	neuron to neuron synapse (GO:0098984)

subject	relation	object
postsynaptic specialization of symmetric synapse (GO:0099629)	BFO:0000050	symmetric synapse
symmetric, GABA-ergic, inhibitory synapse (GO:0098983)	is_a	symmetric synapse

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