Term Information

Accession
GO:0060242
Name
contact inhibition
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
detection of cell density by contact stimulus, detection of cell density by contact stimulus involved in contact inhibition
Alternate IDs
GO:0060246, GO:0060248
Definition
The series of events in which information about the density of cells in a population is received by direct cell-cell contact and is converted into a molecular signal, resulting in the cessation of cell growth or proliferation. Source: GOC:dph, PMID:17376520
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0060242 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of contact inhibition (GO:0060242)
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contact inhibition [is_a relation] is_a  detection of cell density (GO:0060245)
Children of contact inhibition (GO:0060242)
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negative regulation of cell growth involved in contact inhibition (GO:0060243) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  contact inhibition
negative regulation of cell proliferation involved in contact inhibition (GO:0060244) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  contact inhibition
Wikipedia
Contact_inhibition