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Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a multicellular organismal process, the processes pertinent to the function of a multicellular organism above the cellular level; includes the integrated processes of tissues and organs. The pattern specification process by which an axis or axes is subdivided in space to define an area or volume in which specific patterns of cell differentiation will take place or in which cells interpret a specific environment. The interaction of two or more cells or tissues that causes them to change their fates and specify the development of an organ. Any process that modulates the rate, frequency or extent of organ formation. Organ formation is the process pertaining to the initial formation of an organ from unspecified parts. The process begins with the specific processes that contribute to the appearance of the discrete structure, such as inductive events, and ends when the structural rudiment of the organ is recognizable, such as a condensation of mesenchymal cells into the organ rudiment. The close range interaction between mesoderm and endoderm or ectoderm that causes cells to change their fates and specify the development of the heart. Signaling at short range between cells or tissues of different ancestry and developmental potential that results in one cell or tissue effecting a developmental change in the other. The process pertaining to the initial formation of an organ from unspecified parts. The process begins with the specific processes that contribute to the appearance of the discrete structure, such as inductive events, and ends when the structural rudiment of the organ is recognizable, such as a condensation of mesenchymal cells into the organ rudiment. Organs are a natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole. The heart and lungs are organs of animals, and the petal and leaf are organs of plants. In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. The close range interaction of two or more cells or tissues that causes the cells of the gut to change their fates and specify the development of the pancreas. The regionalization process by which the identity of an organ primordium is specified. Identity is considered to be the aggregate of characteristics by which a structure is recognized. Signaling at long or short range between cells that results in the commitment of a cell to a certain fate. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of anatomical structure morphogenesis. The close range interaction of two or more cells or tissues that causes the cells of the foregut to change their fates and specify the development of the lung. The close range interaction of the urogenital sinus mesenchyme and the urogenital sinus epithelium that causes the cells of the urogenital sinus epithelium to change their fates and specify the development of the prostate gland.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: induction of an organ
Acc: GO:0001759
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The interaction of two or more cells or tissues that causes them to change their fates and specify the development of an organ.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0001759 - induction of an organ (interactive image map)
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