| Name: | neural crest cell |
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| Synonyms: | neural crest cells |
| Definition: | A cell of the neural crest. The neural crest is a strip of specialized ectoderm, the neural plate border, which flanks each side of the embryonic neural plate. Neural crest cells are multipotent. Premigratory neural crest cells are found at the neural plate boarder, some of which will undergo ectomesenchymal transition and delamination to form migratory neural crest cells. Most of the cranial and all of the spinal sensory ganglion cells arise by differentiation of neural crest cells. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009165] |
| Name: | cell growth |
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| Synonyms: | cell expansion, cellular growth, growth of cell, metabolic process resulting in cell growth, metabolism resulting in cell growth, non-developmental cell growth, non-developmental growth of a unicellular organism |
| Definition: | The process in which a cell irreversibly increases in size over time by accretion and biosynthetic production of matter similar to that already present. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0016049] QuickGO AmiGO |