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The movement of cilia of epithelial cells resulting in the transport of signals which determine asymmetry in an organism's body plan with respect to the left and right halves. The establishment of the nervous system with respect to the left and right halves. Determination of the asymmetric location of the pancreas with respect to the left and right halves of the organism. The establishment of an organism's body plan or part of an organism with respect to the left and right halves. The pattern can either be symmetric, such that the halves are mirror images, or asymmetric where the pattern deviates from this symmetry. The establishment of the lateral mesoderm with respect to the left and right halves. The establishment of an organism's body plan or part of an organism such that a similar arrangement in form and relationship of parts around a common axis, or around each side of a plane is created. The series of events by which an endogenous stimulus is received by a cilium on a cell and converted to a molecular signal contributing to left/right asymmetry. The series of molecular signals generated as a consequence of a transforming growth factor beta receptor binding to one of its physiological ligands that contributes to determination of organismal asymmetry with respect to the left and right halves. A series of molecular signals generated as a consequence of any member of the BMP (bone morphogenetic protein) family binding to a cell surface receptor that contributes to the determination of left/right symmetry. The establishment of an organism's body plan or part of an organism with respect to a single longitudinal plane. The pattern can either be symmetric, such that the halves are mirror images, or asymmetric where the pattern deviates from this symmetry.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: determination of left/right symmetry
Acc: GO:0007368
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The establishment of an organism's body plan or part of an organism with respect to the left and right halves. The pattern can either be symmetric, such that the halves are mirror images, or asymmetric where the pattern deviates from this symmetry.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 128 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0007368 - determination of left/right symmetry (interactive image map)
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