Assertion: axon | /r/HasProperty | depend on axoplasmic transport
Facets:
value: for vital proteins
type: PURPOSE
value: for materials
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Since the axon depends on axoplasmic transport for vital proteins and materials, injury such as diffuse axonal injury that interrupts the transport will cause the distal axon to degenerate in a process called Wallerian degeneration.