FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term morphogenesis of an epithelium ID (Ontology) GO:0002009 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which the anatomical structures of epithelia are generated and organized. An epithelium consists of closely packed cells arranged in one or more layers, that covers the outer surfaces of the body or lines any internal cavity or tube.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "epithelium morphogenesis"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      17
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 morphogenesis of an epithelium (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      17
     involved_in | morphogenesis of an epithelium      17
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 |__tissue morphogenesis____
tissue development          |
 |__tissue morphogenesis____|
 |__epithelium development__|
                            morphogenesis of an epithelium  365 rec.
                             |__anterior midgut (ectodermal) morphogenesis 4 rec.
                             |   |__embryonic anterior midgut (ectodermal) morphogenesis 4 rec.
                             |   |__post-embryonic anterior midgut (ectodermal) morphogenesis
                             |__clearance of cells from fusion plate
                             |   |__clearance of cells from fusion plate by apoptotic process
                             |   |__clearance of cells from fusion plate by epithelial to mesenchymal transition
                             |__convergent extension 9 rec.
                             |   |__convergent extension involved in axis elongation(+)
                             |   |__convergent extension involved in gastrulation(+) 6 rec.
                             |   |__convergent extension involved in organogenesis(+)
                             |__dichotomous subdivision of an epithelial terminal unit
                             |   |__dichotomous subdivision of prostate epithelial cord terminal unit
                             |   |__dichotomous subdivision of terminal units involved in lung branching(+)
                             |   |__dichotomous subdivision of terminal units involved in mammary gland duct morphogenesis
                             |   |__dichotomous subdivision of terminal units involved in salivary gland branching
                             |   |__dichotomous subdivision of terminal units involved in ureteric bud branching
                             |__epidermis morphogenesis 5 rec.
                             |   |__epidermis morphogenesis involved in nipple formation
                             |   |__hair follicle morphogenesis
                             |__epithelial tube morphogenesis 124 rec.
                             |   |__branching morphogenesis of an epithelial tube(+) 73 rec.
                             |   |__embryonic heart tube morphogenesis(+) 4 rec.
                             |   |__endothelial tube morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__epithelial tube formation(+) 10 rec.
                             |   |__mammary gland cord morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__mammary gland duct morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__metanephric tubule morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__nephric duct morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__otic vesicle morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__renal tubule morphogenesis(+) 46 rec.
                             |__heart rudiment morphogenesis 1 rec.
                             |   |__heart rudiment formation(+) 1 rec.
                             |__initiation of neural tube closure
                             |__lateral sprouting from an epithelium
                             |   |__lateral sprouting involved in lung morphogenesis
                             |   |__lateral sprouting involved in mammary gland duct morphogenesis
                             |   |__lateral sprouting involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis
                             |   |__prostatic bud formation(+)
                             |__morphogenesis of a branching epithelium 74 rec.
                             |   |__branch elongation of an epithelium(+)
                             |   |__branching involved in labyrinthine layer morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__branching involved in pancreas morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__branching involved in prostate gland morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__branching involved in seminal vesicle morphogenesis
                             |   |__branching morphogenesis of an epithelial tube(+) 73 rec.
                             |   |__bud field specification
                             |   |__dichotomous subdivision of an epithelial terminal unit
                             |   |__lateral sprouting from an epithelium
                             |__morphogenesis of a polarized epithelium 107 rec.
                             |   |__establishment of planar polarity(+) 97 rec.
                             |   |__polarized epithelial cell differentiation(+) 7 rec.
                             |__morphogenesis of an endothelium
                             |   |__endothelial tube morphogenesis(+)
                             |__morphogenesis of an epithelial fold 10 rec.
                             |   |__invagination involved in gastrulation with mouth forming second
                             |   |__involution involved in gastrulation with mouth forming second
                             |   |__morphogenesis of an epithelial bud(+) 3 rec.
                             |   |__morphogenesis of an epithelial fold involved in embryonic heart tube formation(+)
                             |   |__myocardial epithelial involution involved in heart jogging
                             |   |__neural fold bending(+)
                             |   |__neural fold folding
                             |   |__neural fold formation(+)
                             |   |__posterior midgut invagination 4 rec.
                             |   |__pouch outgrowth involved in semicircular canal formation
                             |__morphogenesis of an epithelial sheet 17 rec.
                             |   |__closure of optic fissure
                             |   |__epiboly(+) 14 rec.
                             |   |__neural plate elongation(+)
                             |   |__neural plate thickening
                             |   |__pericardium morphogenesis(+)
                             |__morphogenesis of embryonic epithelium 130 rec.
                             |   |__anterior midgut invagination 1 rec.
                             |   |__anterior neuropore closure(+)
                             |   |__dorsal closure(+) 112 rec.
                             |   |__embryonic anterior midgut (ectodermal) morphogenesis 4 rec.
                             |   |__embryonic epithelial tube formation(+) 6 rec.
                             |   |__establishment or maintenance of polarity of embryonic epithelium(+) 6 rec.
                             |   |__mammary gland bud formation(+)
                             |   |__mammary gland cord formation
                             |   |__neural fold formation(+)
                             |   |__neural plate morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__neuropore closure(+)
                             |   |__optic cup morphogenesis involved in camera-type eye development(+)
                             |   |__posterior neuropore closure
                             |   |__primary lung bud formation(+)
                             |   |__progression of neural tube closure
                             |   |__prostatic bud formation(+)
                             |__morphogenesis of follicular epithelium 50 rec.
                             |   |__establishment or maintenance of polarity of follicular epithelium(+) 29 rec.
                             |   |__germ-line cyst encapsulation(+) 18 rec.
                             |__morphogenesis of larval imaginal disc epithelium 7 rec.
                             |   |__establishment or maintenance of polarity of larval imaginal disc epithelium(+) 5 rec.
                             |__nephron epithelium morphogenesis
                             |   |__nephron tubule morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__renal vesicle morphogenesis
                             |__prostate gland epithelium morphogenesis
                             |   |__branching involved in prostate gland morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__primary prostatic bud elongation(+)
                             |   |__prostate epithelial cord elongation
                             |   |__prostate glandular acinus morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__prostatic bud formation(+)
                             |__regulation of morphogenesis of an epithelium 1 rec.
                             |   |__negative regulation of morphogenesis of an epithelium(+)
                             |   |__positive regulation of morphogenesis of an epithelium(+)
                             |   |__regulation of blood vessel branching(+)
                             |   |__regulation of branching involved in lung morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__regulation of branching involved in mammary gland duct morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__regulation of branching involved in prostate gland morphogenesis
                             |   |__regulation of branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__regulation of branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__regulation of convergent extension involved in axis elongation(+)
                             |   |__regulation of convergent extension involved in gastrulation(+)
                             |   |__regulation of endothelial tube morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__regulation of epiboly involved in gastrulation with mouth forming second(+)
                             |   |__regulation of epithelial tube formation(+)
                             |   |__regulation of heart looping(+)
                             |   |__regulation of otic vesicle morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__regulation of pre-tubular aggregate formation by cell-cell signaling
                             |   |__regulation of prostatic bud formation(+)
                             |__renal vesicle morphogenesis
                             |   |__mesonephric renal vesicle morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__metanephric renal vesicle morphogenesis(+)
                             |   |__renal vesicle formation(+)
                             |__thymus epithelium morphogenesis
                             |   |__lymphoid lineage cell migration into thymus involved in thymus epithelium morphogenesis
                             |__trifid subdivision of terminal units involved in ureteric bud branching
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