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 delamination involved in gastrulation with mouth forming second endothelial to hematopoietic transition neural crest cell delamination neuroblast delamination oenocyte delamination