| branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis |
The process in which the branching structure of the ureteric bud is generated and organized. The ureteric bud is an epithelial tube that grows out from the metanephric duct. The bud elongates and branches to give rise to the ureter and kidney collecting tubules. |
| cell morphogenesis |
The developmental process in which the size or shape of a cell is generated and organized. |
| cell population proliferation |
The multiplication or reproduction of cells, resulting in the expansion of a cell population. |
| cell projection organization |
A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. |
| cell-matrix adhesion |
The binding of a cell to the extracellular matrix via adhesion molecules. |
| establishment or maintenance of epithelial cell apical/basal polarity |
Any cellular process that results in the specification, formation or maintenance of the apicobasal polarity of an epithelial cell. |
| fibroblast migration |
Cell migration that is accomplished by extension and retraction of a fibroblast pseudopodium. A fibroblast is a connective tissue cell which secretes an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. |
| integrin-mediated signaling pathway |
The series of molecular signals initiated by an extracellular ligand binding to an integrin on the surface of a target cell, and ending with the regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. |
| myelin assembly |
The process in which the wraps of cell membrane that constitute myelin are laid down around an axon in the central or peripheral nervous system. |
| myelination in peripheral nervous system |
The process in which neuronal axons and dendrites become coated with a segmented lipid-rich sheath (myelin) to enable faster and more energetically efficient conduction of electrical impulses. The sheath is formed by the cell membranes of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system. Adjacent myelin segments are separated by a non-myelinated stretch of axon called a node of Ranvier. |
| negative regulation of apoptotic process |
Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cell death by apoptotic process. |
| negative regulation of cardiac muscle cell apoptotic process |
Any process that decreases the rate or extent of cardiac cell apoptotic process, a form of programmed cell death induced by external or internal signals that trigger the activity of proteolytic caspases whose actions dismantle a cardiac muscle cell and result in its death. |
| negative regulation of neural precursor cell proliferation |
Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of neural precursor cell proliferation. |
| negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process |
Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cell death by apoptotic process in neurons. |
| negative regulation of protein kinase activity |
Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of protein kinase activity. |
| negative regulation of smooth muscle cell migration |
Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of smooth muscle cell migration. |
| negative regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation |
Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the rate or extent of smooth muscle cell proliferation. |
| nerve development |
The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a nerve over time, from its formation to the mature structure. |
| neural precursor cell proliferation |
The multiplication or reproduction of neural precursor cells, resulting in the expansion of a cell population. A neural precursor cell is either a nervous system stem cell or a nervous system progenitor cell. |
| neuron projection morphogenesis |
The process in which the anatomical structures of a neuron projection are generated and organized. A neuron projection is any process extending from a neural cell, such as axons or dendrites. |
| outflow tract morphogenesis |
The process in which the anatomical structures of the outflow tract are generated and organized. The outflow tract is the portion of the heart through which blood flows into the arteries. |
| peptidyl-serine phosphorylation |
The phosphorylation of peptidyl-serine to form peptidyl-O-phospho-L-serine. |
| positive regulation of axon extension |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of axon extension. |
| positive regulation of axonogenesis |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of axonogenesis. |
| positive regulation of BMP signaling pathway |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of BMP signaling pathway activity. |
| positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway |
Any process that increases the rate, frequency, or extent of the Wnt signaling pathway through beta-catenin, the series of molecular signals initiated by binding of a Wnt protein to a frizzled family receptor on the surface of the target cell, followed by propagation of the signal via beta-catenin, and ending with a change in transcription of target genes. |
| positive regulation of cell migration |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cell migration. |
| positive regulation of cell population proliferation |
Any process that activates or increases the rate or extent of cell proliferation. |
| positive regulation of cell-matrix adhesion |
Any process that activates or increases the rate or extent of cell adhesion to an extracellular matrix. |
| positive regulation of cellular senescence |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cellular senescence. |
| positive regulation of dendrite morphogenesis |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of dendrite morphogenesis. |
| positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription. |
| positive regulation of MAP kinase activity |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of MAP kinase activity. |
| positive regulation of MAPK cascade |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of signal transduction mediated by the MAPK cascade. |
| positive regulation of myoblast differentiation |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of myoblast differentiation. A myoblast is a mononucleate cell type that, by fusion with other myoblasts, gives rise to the myotubes that eventually develop into skeletal muscle fibers. |
| positive regulation of NIK/NF-kappaB signaling |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of NIK/NF-kappaB signaling. |
| positive regulation of osteoblast differentiation |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of osteoblast differentiation. |
| positive regulation of phosphorylation |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of addition of phosphate groups to a molecule. |
| positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of protein kinase B signaling, a series of reactions mediated by the intracellular serine/threonine kinase protein kinase B. |
| positive regulation of protein phosphorylation |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of addition of phosphate groups to amino acids within a protein. |
| positive regulation of signal transduction |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of signal transduction. |
| positive regulation of substrate adhesion-dependent cell spreading |
Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of substrate adhesion-dependent cell spreading. |
| protein kinase B signaling |
A series of reactions, mediated by the intracellular serine/threonine kinase protein kinase B (also called AKT), which occurs as a result of a single trigger reaction or compound. |
| protein phosphorylation |
The process of introducing a phosphate group on to a protein. |
| regulation of actin cytoskeleton organization |
Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cytoskeletal structures comprising actin filaments and their associated proteins. |
| regulation of cell cycle |
Any process that modulates the rate or extent of progression through the cell cycle. |
| regulation of cell growth |
Any process that modulates the frequency, rate, extent or direction of cell growth. |
| Schwann cell development |
The process aimed at the progression of a Schwann cell over time, from initial commitment of the cell to a specific fate, to the fully functional differentiated cell. Schwann cells are found in the peripheral nervous system, where they insulate neurons and axons, and regulate the environment in which neurons function. |
| substrate adhesion-dependent cell spreading |
The morphogenetic process that results in flattening of a cell as a consequence of its adhesion to a substrate. |
| supramolecular fiber organization |
A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a supramolecular fiber, a polymer consisting of an indefinite number of protein or protein complex subunits that have polymerised to form a fiber-shaped structure. |
| tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway |
The series of molecular signals initiated by tumor necrosis factor binding to its receptor on the surface of a cell, and ending with the regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. |
