AmiGO 2: Term Details for "dorsal closure" (GO:0007391)

Accession: GO:0007391
Name: dorsal closure
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process during Drosophila embryogenesis whereby the ectodermal cells of the lateral epithelium stretch in a coordinated fashion to internalize the amnioserosa cells and close the embryo dorsally. Source: PMID:9224720
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0007391 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to dorsal closure (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to dorsal closure (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for dorsal closure (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
dorsal closure	BFO:0000050	embryonic development via the syncytial blastoderm (GO:0001700)
dorsal closure	is_a	morphogenesis of embryonic epithelium (GO:0016331)
dorsal closure	RO:0002162	Insecta (NCBITaxon:50557)

subject	relation	object
dorsal closure, spreading of leading edge cells (GO:0007395)	BFO:0000050	dorsal closure
dorsal closure, amnioserosa morphology change (GO:0046664)	BFO:0000050	dorsal closure
initiation of dorsal closure (GO:0007392)	BFO:0000050	dorsal closure
suture of dorsal opening (GO:0007396)	BFO:0000050	dorsal closure

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