Term Name: establishment of planar polarity
Synonyms: establishment of planar cell polarity
Definition: Coordinated organization of groups of cells in the plane of an epithelium, such that they all orient to similar coordinates.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0001736]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: morphogenesis of a polarized epithelium
has parts: cell-cell adhesion involved in establishment of planar polarity microtubule cytoskeleton organization involved in establishment of planar polarity protein localization involved in establishment of planar polarity
is a type of: establishment of tissue polarity
has subtype: establishment of body hair or bristle planar orientation establishment of cell polarity involved in growth plate cartilage chondrocyte division establishment of imaginal disc-derived wing hair orientation establishment of ommatidial planar polarity establishment of planar polarity involved in mesonephric nephron morphogenesis establishment of planar polarity involved in metanephric nephron morphogenesis establishment of planar polarity involved in nephron morphogenesis establishment of planar polarity involved in neural tube closure establishment of planar polarity of embryonic epithelium establishment of planar polarity of follicular epithelium establishment of planar polarity of larval imaginal disc epithelium
regulated by: regulation of establishment of planar polarity