Term Information

Accession
GO:0021508
Name
floor plate formation
Ontology
biological_process
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Definition
The formation of a ventral region of glial cells in the neural tube that provides inductive signals for the specification of neuronal cell types. The floor plate is evident at the ventral midline by the neural fold stage. Source: GOC:cls, GOC:dph, PMID:11262869, GO_REF:0000021, GOC:dgh, GOC:jid
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History
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Parents of floor plate formation (GO:0021508)
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floor plate formation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  floor plate morphogenesis (GO:0033505)
floor plate formation [is_a relation] is_a  anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis (GO:0048646)
floor plate formation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ventral midline development (GO:0007418)

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