Term Name: epithelial cell migration
Synonyms:
Definition: The orderly movement of an epithelial cell from one site to another, often during the development of a multicellular organism.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0010631]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: epithelium migration
is a type of: ameboidal-type cell migration
has subtype: cell migration involved in mammary placode formation cell migration involved in prostatic bud elongation corneal epithelial cell migration epithelial cell migration involved in distal tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration involved in mesonephric distal tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration involved in mesonephric nephron tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration involved in mesonephric proximal tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration involved in metanephric distal tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration involved in metanephric nephron tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration involved in metanephric proximal tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration involved in nephron tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration involved in proximal tubule morphogenesis epithelial cell migration, open tracheal system follicle cell of egg chamber migration intestinal epithelial cell migration keratinocyte migration melanocyte migration podocyte cell migration
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of epithelial cell migration
positively regulated by: positive regulation of epithelial cell migration
regulated by: regulation of epithelial cell migration