FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term cell growth ID (Ontology) GO:0016049 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which a cell irreversibly increases in size over time by accretion and biosynthetic production of matter similar to that already present.
Also Known As "cellular growth" ; "growth of cell"
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 |__cellular process__
 |__growth____________|
                      cell growth  146 rec.
                       |__anisotropic cell growth
                       |__detection of nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio
                       |__developmental cell growth 73 rec.
                       |   |__cell growth involved in cardiac muscle cell development(+)
                       |   |__cell growth involved in Malpighian tubule morphogenesis
                       |   |__chondrocyte hypertrophy(+)
                       |   |__collateral sprouting(+) 3 rec.
                       |   |__glial cell growth(+) 9 rec.
                       |   |__neuron projection extension(+) 52 rec.
                       |   |__oocyte growth(+) 7 rec.
                       |   |__pollen tube growth(+)
                       |   |__post-embryonic cardiac muscle cell growth involved in heart morphogenesis
                       |   |__primary spermatocyte growth 2 rec.
                       |   |__root hair elongation(+)
                       |   |__sprouting of injured axon(+) 8 rec.
                       |__isotropic cell growth
                       |__multidimensional cell growth
                       |   |__cell wall modification involved in multidimensional cell growth(+)
                       |__pseudohyphal growth
                       |   |__regulation of pseudohyphal growth(+)
                       |__regulation of cell growth 80 rec.
                       |   |__negative regulation of cell growth(+) 19 rec.
                       |   |__positive regulation of cell growth(+) 46 rec.
                       |   |__regulation of cell growth by extracellular stimulus
                       |   |__regulation of cell growth involved in cardiac muscle cell development(+)
                       |   |__regulation of chondrocyte hypertrophy(+)
                       |   |__regulation of dendrite extension(+) 1 rec.
                       |   |__regulation of direction of cell growth(+)
                       |   |__regulation of extent of cell growth(+) 24 rec.
                       |   |__regulation of pseudohyphal growth(+)
                       |   |__regulation of rate of cell growth
                       |   |__regulation of root hair elongation(+)
                       |   |__regulation of unidimensional cell growth(+)
                       |__unidimensional cell growth 21 rec.
                           |__bipolar cell growth(+)
                           |__cell elongation involved in imaginal disc-derived wing morphogenesis 11 rec.
                           |__cell tip growth(+)
                           |__dorsal closure, elongation of leading edge cells 9 rec.
                           |__monopolar cell growth(+)
                           |__regulation of unidimensional cell growth(+)
                           |__seed trichome elongation
                           |__zygote elongation
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  • "cell expansion" RELATED
    "cellular growth" EXACT
    "growth of cell" EXACT
    "metabolic process resulting in cell growth" RELATED
    "metabolism resulting in cell growth" RELATED
    "non-developmental cell growth" RELATED
    "non-developmental growth of a unicellular organism" RELATED
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