AmiGO 2: Term Details for "melanocyte migration" (GO:0097324)

Accession: GO:0097324
Name: melanocyte migration
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The orderly movement of melanocytes from one site to another, often during the development of a multicellular organism. A melanocyte is a pigment cell derived from the neural crest. It contains melanin-filled pigment granules, which give a brown to black appearance. Source: PMID:22637532, GOC:uh, CL:0000148
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0097324 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to melanocyte migration (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to melanocyte migration (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for melanocyte migration (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
melanocyte migration	is_a	epithelial cell migration (GO:0010631)
melanocyte migration	RO:0002565	melanocyte (CL:0000148)

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