FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term chemotaxis ID (Ontology) GO:0006935 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The directed movement of a motile cell or organism, or the directed growth of a cell guided by a specific chemical concentration gradient. Movement may be towards a higher concentration (positive chemotaxis) or towards a lower concentration (negative chemotaxis).[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "taxis in response to chemical stimulus"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       2
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 chemotaxis (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       2
     involved_in | chemotaxis       2
 NOT | involved_in | chemotaxis       1
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  locomotion
   |__taxis
       |__chemotaxis  55 rec.
           |__aerotaxis
           |   |__negative aerotaxis
           |   |__positive aerotaxis
           |__cell chemotaxis 10 rec.
           |   |__astrocyte chemotaxis 1 rec.
           |   |__cell chemotaxis involved in Malpighian tubule morphogenesis 1 rec.
           |   |__cell chemotaxis to angiotensin
           |   |__cell chemotaxis to fibroblast growth factor(+)
           |   |__cell chemotaxis to vascular endothelial growth factor(+)
           |   |__colon epithelial cell chemotaxis
           |   |__endothelial cell chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__fibroblast chemotaxis
           |   |__germ cell attraction 2 rec.
           |   |__germ cell repulsion 2 rec.
           |   |__leukocyte chemotaxis(+)
           |   |__muscle cell chemotaxis toward tendon cell 1 rec.
           |   |__Schwann cell chemotaxis
           |   |__smooth muscle cell chemotaxis
           |__chemotaxis to arachidonate
           |__chemotaxis to cAMP
           |__chemotaxis to folate
           |__chemotaxis to oxidizable substrate
           |__negative chemotaxis 22 rec.
           |   |__chemorepulsion involved in embryonic olfactory bulb interneuron precursor migration
           |   |__chemorepulsion involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex
           |   |__chemorepulsion involved in postnatal olfactory bulb interneuron migration
           |   |__chemorepulsion involved in precerebellar neuron migration
           |   |__chemorepulsion of axon(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__germ cell repulsion 2 rec.
           |   |__negative aerotaxis
           |   |__synaptic target inhibition 15 rec.
           |__positive chemotaxis 7 rec.
           |   |__chemoattraction involved in embryonic olfactory bulb interneuron precursor migration
           |   |__chemoattraction involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex
           |   |__chemoattraction involved in precerebellar neuron migration
           |   |__chemoattraction of axon(+)
           |   |__germ cell attraction 2 rec.
           |   |__pollen tube guidance
           |   |__positive aerotaxis
           |   |__synaptic target attraction 5 rec.
           |__redox taxis
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Wikipedia:Chemotaxis