FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term cell adhesion ID (Ontology) GO:0007155 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The attachment of a cell, either to another cell or to an underlying substrate such as the extracellular matrix, via cell adhesion molecules.
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      66
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 cell adhesion (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      66
     involved_in | cell adhesion      65
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   |__cellular process
       |__cell adhesion  233 rec.
           |__cell adhesion involved in heart morphogenesis 12 rec.
           |   |__cardioblast cell midline fusion
           |   |__endocardial cushion fusion
           |__cell adhesion involved in prostatic bud elongation
           |__cell adhesion involved in retrograde extension
           |   |__cell adhesion involved in dendrite retrograde extension(+)
           |__cell adhesion involved in sprouting angiogenesis
           |__cell adhesion mediated by integrin 26 rec.
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin 2 rec.
           |__cell-cell adhesion 153 rec.
           |   |__adhesion between unicellular organisms(+)
           |   |__calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion 24 rec.
           |   |__calcium-independent cell-cell adhesion 1 rec.
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion in response to extracellular stimulus(+)
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion involved in ameboidal cell migration(+)
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion involved in cerebral cortex tangential migration using cell-cell interactions
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion involved in establishment of planar polarity
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion involved in gastrulation(+)
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion involved in neuronal-glial interactions involved in cerebral cortex radial glia guided migration
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion involved in sealing an epithelial fold(+)
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion involved in synapse maturation
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherin 18 rec.
           |   |__cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin 2 rec.
           |   |__chorio-allantoic fusion
           |   |__endocardial cushion fusion
           |   |__epithelial cell-cell adhesion(+) 10 rec.
           |   |__heterophilic cell-cell adhesion 32 rec.
           |   |__heterotypic cell-cell adhesion(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__homophilic cell-cell adhesion 50 rec.
           |   |__homotypic cell-cell adhesion(+) 7 rec.
           |   |__leukocyte cell-cell adhesion(+)
           |   |__mesenchymal cell condensation involved in mammary fat development
           |   |__neuron cell-cell adhesion 6 rec.
           |   |__neuronal-glial interaction involved in cerebral cortex radial glia guided migration
           |   |__neuronal-glial interaction involved in hindbrain glial-mediated radial cell migration
           |   |__pollen adhesion
           |   |__pollen tube adhesion
           |   |__pre-tubular aggregate formation
           |   |__regulation of actin cytoskeleton organization by cell-cell adhesion 1 rec.
           |   |__synaptic membrane adhesion
           |__cell-substrate adhesion 31 rec.
               |__cell adhesion involved in biofilm formation(+)
               |__cell-abiotic substrate adhesion
               |__cell-matrix adhesion(+) 20 rec.
               |__cell-matrix adhesion involved in tangential migration using cell-cell interactions
               |__interneuron-substratum interaction involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex
               |__substrate adhesion-dependent cell spreading 11 rec.
               |__substrate-dependent cell migration, cell attachment to substrate
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  • "cell adhesion molecule activity" RELATED
    "single organism cell adhesion" RELATED
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Wikipedia:Cell_adhesion