Term Name: delamination
Synonyms:
Definition: The process of negative regulation of cell adhesion that results in a cell or sheet of cells splitting off from an existing epithelial sheet.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060232]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: negative regulation of cell-cell adhesion
has subtype: blood vessel endothelial cell delamination border follicle cell delamination corneocyte desquamation endothelial to hematopoietic transition neural crest cell delamination neuroblast delamination oenocyte delamination