FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term cell migration ID (Ontology) GO:0016477 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The controlled self-propelled movement of a cell from one site to a destination guided by molecular cues.
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      61
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 cell migration (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      61
     involved_in | cell migration      61
 NOT | involved_in | cell migration       1
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  cellular process
   |__cell motility
       |__cell migration  338 rec.
           |__ameboidal-type cell migration 208 rec.
           |   |__cell migration involved in gastrulation(+) 17 rec.
           |   |__cell-matrix adhesion involved in ameboidal cell migration(+)
           |   |__epithelial cell migration(+) 187 rec.
           |   |__establishment of cell polarity involved in ameboidal cell migration(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__fibroblast migration(+)
           |   |__initiation of movement involved in cerebral cortex radial glia guided migration(+)
           |   |__lamellipodium assembly involved in ameboidal cell migration(+)
           |   |__mesenchymal cell migration(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__mesodermal cell migration(+) 20 rec.
           |   |__substrate-dependent cell migration, cell contraction
           |   |__trophoblast cell migration(+)
           |__angioblast cell migration
           |   |__angioblast cell migration from lateral mesoderm to midline
           |   |__angioblast cell migration involved in selective angioblast sprouting(+)
           |__anterior visceral endoderm cell migration
           |__cell chemotaxis 10 rec.
           |   |__astrocyte chemotaxis(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__cell chemotaxis involved in Malpighian tubule morphogenesis 1 rec.
           |   |__cell chemotaxis to angiotensin
           |   |__cell chemotaxis to fibroblast growth factor(+)
           |   |__cell chemotaxis to vascular endothelial growth factor(+)
           |   |__colon epithelial cell chemotaxis
           |   |__endothelial cell chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__fibroblast chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__germ cell attraction 2 rec.
           |   |__germ cell repulsion 2 rec.
           |   |__leukocyte chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__muscle cell chemotaxis toward tendon cell(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__Schwann cell chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__smooth muscle cell chemotaxis(+)
           |__cell migration in hindbrain
           |   |__deep nuclear neuron cell migration(+)
           |   |__hindbrain radial glia guided cell migration(+)
           |   |__hindbrain tangential cell migration(+)
           |   |__inward migration of deep nuclear neurons
           |   |__motor neuron precursor migration involved in dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve formation
           |   |__outward migration of deep nuclear neurons
           |   |__rhombomere cell migration
           |__cell migration involved in heart development 1 rec.
           |   |__cardiac neural crest cell migration involved in outflow tract morphogenesis(+)
           |   |__cell migration involved in coronary angiogenesis
           |   |__cell migration involved in coronary vasculogenesis
           |   |__cell migration involved in endocardial cushion formation
           |   |__cell migration involved in heart formation(+)
           |   |__cell migration involved in heart jogging
           |   |__cell migration to the midline involved in heart development(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__epicardium-derived cell migration to the myocardium
           |   |__proepicardium cell migration involved in pericardium morphogenesis
           |__cell migration involved in kidney development
           |   |__cell migration involved in metanephros development(+)
           |   |__epithelial cell migration involved in nephron tubule morphogenesis(+)
           |   |__mesenchymal stem cell migration involved in uteric bud morphogenesis
           |__cell migration involved in somitogenic axis elongation
           |   |__regulation of cell migration involved in somitogenic axis elongation
           |__cell migration involved in vasculogenesis
           |   |__cell migration involved in coronary vasculogenesis
           |__cell rearrangement involved in Malpighian tubule morphogenesis 1 rec.
           |   |__cell chemotaxis involved in Malpighian tubule morphogenesis 1 rec.
           |__chondrocyte intercalation involved in growth plate cartilage morphogenesis
           |__distal tip cell migration
           |   |__regulation of distal tip cell migration(+)
           |__dorsal closure, spreading of leading edge cells 9 rec.
           |__endothelial cell migration 3 rec.
           |   |__blood vessel endothelial cell migration(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__endothelial cell chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__lymphatic endothelial cell migration
           |   |__regulation of endothelial cell migration(+) 1 rec.
           |__forebrain cell migration
           |   |__cell migration in diencephalon
           |   |__telencephalon cell migration(+)
           |__germ cell migration 45 rec.
           |   |__germ cell attraction 2 rec.
           |   |__germ cell repulsion 2 rec.
           |__glial cell migration 37 rec.
           |   |__astrocyte cell migration(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__lateral line nerve glial cell migration(+)
           |   |__microglial cell migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of glial cell migration(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__Schwann cell migration(+)
           |   |__telencephalon glial cell migration(+)
           |__hematopoietic stem cell migration
           |   |__hematopoietic stem cell migration to bone marrow
           |   |__regulation of hematopoietic stem cell migration(+)
           |__hemocyte migration 20 rec.
           |__hepatocyte cell migration
           |__hypothalamus cell migration
           |   |__hypothalamic tangential migration using cell-axon interactions(+)
           |__inductive cell migration
           |__leukocyte migration
           |   |__cellular extravasation(+)
           |   |__diapedesis(+)
           |   |__leukocyte chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__leukocyte migration involved in immune response(+)
           |   |__leukocyte migration involved in inflammatory response(+)
           |   |__mononuclear cell migration(+)
           |   |__myeloid leukocyte migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of leukocyte migration(+)
           |__lymphoid lineage cell migration
           |   |__lymphoid lineage cell migration into thymus(+)
           |__mesenchymal stem cell migration
           |   |__regulation of mesenchymal stem cell migration(+)
           |__mesonephric cell migration involved in male gonad development
           |__muscle cell migration 7 rec.
           |   |__muscle cell chemotaxis toward tendon cell(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__myoblast migration(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__myotube cell migration(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__smooth muscle cell migration(+) 1 rec.
           |__neuroblast migration
           |   |__regulation of neuroblast migration(+)
           |__neuromast primordium migration
           |   |__anterior lateral line neuromast primordium migration
           |   |__posterior lateral line neuromast primordium migration
           |__neuron migration 12 rec.
           |   |__gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neuronal migration to the hypothalamus
           |   |__interneuron migration(+)
           |   |__inward migration of deep nuclear neurons
           |   |__motor neuron migration(+)
           |   |__neuron migration involved in retrograde extension(+)
           |   |__outward migration of deep nuclear neurons
           |   |__radial glia-guided pyramidal neuron migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of neuron migration(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__sensory neuron migration
           |__pericyte cell migration
           |__regulation of cell migration 90 rec.
           |   |__directional guidance of interneurons involved in migration from the subpallium to the cortex(+)
           |   |__negative regulation of cell migration(+) 12 rec.
           |   |__neurotransmitter-mediated guidance of interneurons involved in substrate-independent cerebral cortex tangential migration
           |   |__positive regulation of cell migration(+) 62 rec.
           |   |__regulation of angioblast cell migration involved in selective angioblast sprouting
           |   |__regulation of cardiac neural crest cell migration involved in outflow tract morphogenesis(+)
           |   |__regulation of cell chemotaxis to fibroblast growth factor(+)
           |   |__regulation of cell migration involved in somitogenic axis elongation
           |   |__regulation of distal tip cell migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of endothelial cell chemotaxis to vascular endothelial growth factor(+)
           |   |__regulation of endothelial cell migration(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of epithelial cell migration(+) 53 rec.
           |   |__regulation of fibroblast chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__regulation of fibroblast migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of glial cell migration(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__regulation of hematopoietic stem cell migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of leukocyte migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of mesenchymal stem cell migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of metanephric mesenchymal cell migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of muscle cell chemotaxis toward tendon cell(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of myotube cell migration(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__regulation of neuroblast migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of neuron migration(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__regulation of smooth muscle cell migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of substrate-dependent cell migration, cell attachment to substrate(+)
           |   |__regulation of trophoblast cell migration(+)
           |   |__regulation of wound healing, spreading of epidermal cells(+) 3 rec.
           |__skeletal muscle satellite cell migration
           |__sperm migration through the uterotubal junction
           |__substrate-dependent cell migration 4 rec.
           |   |__extracellular matrix-dependent thymocyte migration(+)
           |   |__negative regulation of cell adhesion involved in substrate-bound cell migration(+)
           |   |__substrate-dependent cell migration, cell attachment to substrate(+)
           |   |__substrate-dependent cell migration, cell contraction
           |   |__substrate-dependent cell migration, cell extension 3 rec.
           |   |__substrate-dependent cerebral cortex tangential migration(+)
           |__wound healing, spreading of cells 14 rec.
               |__wound healing, spreading of epidermal cells(+) 12 rec.
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