Term Name:
delamination
Synonyms:
Definition:
The process of negative regulation of cell adhesion that results in a cell or sheet of cells splitting off from an existing epithelial sheet.
Ontology:
GO: Biological Process [GO:0060232]
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is a type of:
negative regulation of cell-cell adhesion
has subtype:
blood vessel endothelial cell delamination
border follicle cell delamination
corneocyte desquamation
delamination involved in gastrulation with mouth forming second
endothelial to hematopoietic transition
neural crest cell delamination
neuroblast delamination
oenocyte delamination