id | GO:0008021   Detailed information
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  name | synaptic vesicle
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  namespace | cellular_component
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  def | "A secretory organelle, some 50 nm in diameter, of presynaptic nerve terminals; accumulates in high concentrations of neurotransmitters and is secreted these into the synaptic cleft by fusion with the 'active zone' of the presynaptic plasma membrane." [PMID:10099709]
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  is_a | GO:0030136 ! clathrin-coated vesicle
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  is_a | GO:0044456 ! synapse part
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  intersection_of | GO:0031982 ! vesicle
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  intersection_of | part_of GO:0045202 ! synapse
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