Cell Culture Ontology

Last uploaded: July 23, 2014
Preferred Name

Synonyms

floorplate

ventral plate

bodenplatte

FP

Definitions

"A structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms. Located on the ventral midline of the embryonic neural tube, the floor plate is a specialized glial structure that spans the anteroposterior axis from the midbrain to the tail regions. It has been shown that the floor plate is conserved among vertebrates with homologous structures in invertebrates such as the fruit fly Drosophila and the nematode C. elegans. Functionally, the structure serves as an organizer to ventralize tissues in the embryo as well as to guide neuronal positioning and differentiation along the dorsoventral axis of the neural tube." The specialized glial structure (non-neuronal cells) situated at the ventral midline of the embryonic neural tube; this structure spans the anteroposterior axis from the midbrain to the tail regions, separating the left and right basal plates of the developing neural tube, and serves as an organizer to ventralize tissues in the embryo as well as to guide neuronal positioning and differentiation along the dorsoventral axis of the neural tube.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003079

comment

"A structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms. Located on the ventral midline of the embryonic neural tube, the floor plate is a specialized glial structure that spans the anteroposterior axis from the midbrain to the tail regions. It has been shown that the floor plate is conserved among vertebrates with homologous structures in invertebrates such as the fruit fly Drosophila and the nematode C. elegans. Functionally, the structure serves as an organizer to ventralize tissues in the embryo as well as to guide neuronal positioning and differentiation along the dorsoventral axis of the neural tube."

database_cross_reference

AAO:0011041

Wikipedia:Floor_plate

BTO:0001720

EMAPA:32684

ZFA:0000022

EFO:0003473

TAO:0000022

RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000545

definition

The specialized glial structure (non-neuronal cells) situated at the ventral midline of the embryonic neural tube; this structure spans the anteroposterior axis from the midbrain to the tail regions, separating the left and right basal plates of the developing neural tube, and serves as an organizer to ventralize tissues in the embryo as well as to guide neuronal positioning and differentiation along the dorsoventral axis of the neural tube.

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Gray642.png

external_definition

Organizing center consisting of a small group of cells located at the ventral midline of the neural tube that influences the development of the nervous system, governing the specification of neuronal cell types and directing axonal trajectories.[AAO]

external_ontology_notes

although this is classically defined as being located on the neural tube, in many AOs the floor plate continues post-embryonically after the neural tube has ceased to exist. Consider 'floor plate of neural tube'.

has_exact_synonym

floorplate

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

ventral plate

bodenplatte

FP

id

UBERON:0003079

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#pheno_slim

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

floor plate

notation

UBERON:0003079

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002050

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000922

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000468

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002050

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000922

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000468

subClassOf

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0003331

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