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The process by which a uropod detaches from the cell substrate and retracts the rear of a migrating cell. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a uropod, a rigid membrane projection with related cytoskeletal components at the trailing edge of a lymphocyte or other cell in the process of migrating or being activated. 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.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: uropod retraction
Acc: GO:0034461
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process by which a uropod detaches from the cell substrate and retracts the rear of a migrating cell.
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GO:0034461 - uropod retraction (interactive image map)
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