axon guidance

id: GO:0007411
name: axon guidance
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemotaxis process that directs the migration of an axon growth cone to a specific target site in response to a combination of attractive and repulsive cues.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0008045motor axon guidance
GO:0021966corticospinal neuron axon guidance
GO:0021967corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the cerebral cortex
GO:0021968corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the internal capsule
GO:0021969corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the cerebral peduncle
GO:0021970corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the basilar pons
GO:0021971corticospinal neuron axon guidance through the medullary pyramid
GO:0021972corticospinal neuron axon guidance through spinal cord
GO:0031290retinal ganglion cell axon guidance
GO:0033563dorsal/ventral axon guidance
GO:0033564anterior/posterior axon guidance
GO:0071678olfactory bulb axon guidance
GO:0071679commissural neuron axon guidance
GO:0072499photoreceptor cell axon guidance

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006935chemotaxis