convergent extension involved in neural plate elongation

id: GO:0022007
name: convergent extension involved in neural plate elongation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process of directed cell movement in the neural plate resulting in tissue elongation via intercalation of adjacent cells in an epithelial sheet at the midline, leading to narrowing and lengthening of the neural plate.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0048598embryonic morphogenesis
GO:0060029convergent extension involved in organogenesis