| id | GO:0019717 Detailed information
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| name | synaptosome
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| namespace | cellular_component
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| def | "Any of the discrete particles (nerve-ending particles) formed from the clublike presynaptic nerve endings that resist disruption and are snapped or torn off their attachments when brain tissue is homogenized in media isosmotic to plasma." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| comment | Note that this term refers to disrupted cells, and does not necessarily correspond to any specific structure(s) in an intact cell.
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| xref | Wikipedia:Synaptosome
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| is_a | GO:0005624 ! membrane fraction
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