FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term cell motility ID (Ontology) GO:0048870 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Any process involved in the controlled self-propelled movement of a cell that results in translocation of the cell from one place to another.
Also Known As "cell locomotion" ; "movement of a cell"
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  biological_process
   |__cellular process
       |__cell motility  416 rec.
           |__actin polymerization-dependent cell motility
           |   |__symbiont-mediated actin polymerization-dependent cell-to-cell migration in host
           |__cell gliding
           |   |__adventurous gliding motility
           |   |__cell surface adhesin-mediated gliding motility
           |__cell migration 335 rec.
           |   |__ameboidal-type cell migration(+) 202 rec.
           |   |__angioblast cell migration(+)
           |   |__anterior visceral endoderm cell migration
           |   |__cell chemotaxis(+) 10 rec.
           |   |__cell migration in hindbrain(+)
           |   |__cell migration involved in heart development(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__cell migration involved in kidney development(+)
           |   |__cell migration involved in somitogenic axis elongation(+)
           |   |__cell migration involved in vasculogenesis(+)
           |   |__cell rearrangement involved in Malpighian tubule morphogenesis(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__chondrocyte intercalation involved in growth plate cartilage morphogenesis
           |   |__distal tip cell migration(+)
           |   |__dorsal closure, spreading of leading edge cells 9 rec.
           |   |__endothelial cell migration(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__forebrain cell migration(+)
           |   |__glial cell migration(+) 37 rec.
           |   |__hematopoietic stem cell migration(+)
           |   |__hemocyte migration 20 rec.
           |   |__hepatocyte cell migration
           |   |__hypothalamus cell migration(+)
           |   |__inductive cell migration
           |   |__leukocyte migration(+)
           |   |__lymphoid lineage cell migration(+)
           |   |__mesenchymal stem cell migration(+)
           |   |__muscle cell migration(+) 7 rec.
           |   |__neuroblast migration(+)
           |   |__neuromast primordium migration(+)
           |   |__neuron migration(+) 12 rec.
           |   |__pericyte cell migration
           |   |__primordial germ cell migration(+) 45 rec.
           |   |__regulation of cell migration(+) 90 rec.
           |   |__skeletal muscle satellite cell migration
           |   |__sperm migration through the uterotubal junction
           |   |__substrate-dependent cell migration(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__wound healing, spreading of cells(+) 14 rec.
           |__cell motility in response to calcium ion
           |__cell motility in response to potassium ion
           |__cell motility involved in cerebral cortex radial glia guided migration
           |   |__modulation of microtubule cytoskeleton involved in cerebral cortex radial glia guided migration(+)
           |__cell swimming
           |   |__bacterial-type flagellum-dependent swimming motility
           |   |__cytoskeleton-mediated cell swimming
           |__cilium or flagellum-dependent cell motility 81 rec.
           |   |__archaeal or bacterial-type flagellum-dependent cell motility(+)
           |   |__cilium-dependent cell motility(+) 81 rec.
           |__cytoplasmic actin-based contraction involved in cell motility
           |   |__cytoplasmic actin-based contraction involved in forward cell motility
           |   |__substrate-dependent cell migration, cell contraction
           |__regulation of cell motility 91 rec.
           |   |__negative regulation of cell motility(+) 12 rec.
           |   |__positive regulation of cell motility(+) 62 rec.
           |   |__regulation of amoeboid sperm motility(+)
           |   |__regulation of bacterial-type flagellum-dependent cell motility(+)
           |   |__regulation of cell migration(+) 90 rec.
           |   |__regulation of cilium-dependent cell motility(+) 1 rec.
           |__sperm motility 66 rec.
           |   |__amoeboid sperm motility(+)
           |   |__flagellated sperm motility(+) 66 rec.
           |__type IV pilus-dependent motility
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  • "cell locomotion" EXACT
    "cell movement" RELATED
    "movement of a cell" EXACT
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