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cell migration (GO:0016477)

The controlled self-propelled movement of a cell from one site to a destination guided by molecular cues. Cell migration is a central process in the development and maintenance of multicellular organisms.

Specific

ameboidal-type cell migration (GO:0001667) angioblast cell migration (GO:0035476) cell chemotaxis (GO:0060326) cell migration in hindbrain (GO:0021535) cell migration involved in heart development (GO:0060973) cell migration involved in kidney development (GO:0035787) cell migration involved in somitogenic axis elongation (GO:0090248) cell migration involved in vasculogenesis (GO:0035441) cell rearrangement involved in Malpighian tubule morphogenesis (GO:0061334) chondrocyte intercalation involved in growth plate cartilage morphogenesis (GO:0003428) distal tip cell migration (GO:0097628) dorsal closure, spreading of leading edge cells (GO:0007395) forebrain cell migration (GO:0021885) germ cell migration (GO:0008354) glial cell migration (GO:0008347) hematopoietic stem cell migration (GO:0035701) hemocyte migration (GO:0035099) hepatocyte cell migration (GO:0002194) hypothalamus cell migration (GO:0021855) inductive cell migration (GO:0040039) leukocyte migration (GO:0050900) lymphoid lineage cell migration (GO:0097534) mesenchymal stem cell migration involved in uteric bud morphogenesis (GO:0061456) mesonephric cell migration involved in male gonad development (GO:0061457) muscle cell migration (GO:0014812) neuroblast migration (GO:0097402) neuromast primordium migration (GO:0048883) neuron migration (GO:0001764) skeletal muscle satellite cell migration (GO:1902766) substrate-dependent cell migration (GO:0006929) wound healing, spreading of cells (GO:0044319)

General

cell motility (GO:0048870)

References

gene ontology: GO:0016477