FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term cell communication ID (Ontology) GO:0007154 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Any process that mediates interactions between a cell and its surroundings. Encompasses interactions such as signaling or attachment between one cell and another cell, between a cell and an extracellular matrix, or between a cell and any other aspect of its environment.
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       6
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 cell communication (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       6
     involved_in | cell communication       6
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   |__cellular process
       |__cell communication  2023 rec.
           |__axon target recognition 13 rec.
           |__cell communication by chemical coupling
           |__cell communication by electrical coupling 1 rec.
           |   |__cell communication by electrical coupling involved in cardiac conduction(+)
           |__cell communication involved in cardiac conduction
           |   |__atrial cardiac muscle cell to AV node cell communication(+)
           |   |__AV node cell to bundle of His cell communication(+)
           |   |__bundle of His cell to Purkinje myocyte communication(+)
           |   |__cell communication by electrical coupling involved in cardiac conduction(+)
           |   |__cell-cell signaling involved in cardiac conduction(+)
           |   |__Purkinje myocyte to ventricular cardiac muscle cell communication(+)
           |   |__SA node cell to atrial cardiac muscle cell communication(+)
           |__cell-cell signaling 396 rec.
           |   |__autocrine signaling
           |   |__c-di-GMP signaling
           |   |__cell-cell signaling involved in cardiac conduction(+)
           |   |__cell-cell signaling involved in cell fate commitment(+) 11 rec.
           |   |__cell-cell signaling involved in kidney development(+)
           |   |__cell-cell signaling involved in lung development(+)
           |   |__cell-cell signaling involved in mammary gland development
           |   |__cell-cell signaling involved in placenta development
           |   |__cell-cell signaling via exosome(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__cerebellar Purkinje cell-granule cell precursor cell signaling
           |   |__determination of muscle attachment site 1 rec.
           |   |__ectoderm and mesoderm interaction 3 rec.
           |   |__endocrine signaling
           |   |__endodermal-mesodermal cell signaling(+)
           |   |__epiblast cell-extraembryonic ectoderm cell signaling
           |   |__epithelial-mesenchymal cell signaling(+)
           |   |__gamma-aminobutyric acid signaling pathway(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__glial cell-neuron signaling(+)
           |   |__mesenchymal-endodermal cell signaling(+)
           |   |__mesenchymal-epithelial cell signaling(+)
           |   |__mesodermal-endodermal cell signaling(+)
           |   |__neuron-glial cell signaling
           |   |__oscillatory cAMP signaling
           |   |__paracrine signaling 7 rec.
           |   |__polyphosphate-mediated signaling
           |   |__quorum sensing(+)
           |   |__regulation of branching involved in mammary cord morphogenesis by fat precursor cell-epithelial cell signaling
           |   |__regulation of mammary gland cord elongation by mammary fat precursor cell-epithelial cell signaling
           |   |__regulation of pre-tubular aggregate formation by cell-cell signaling
           |   |__stromal-epithelial cell signaling involved in prostate gland development
           |   |__synaptic signaling(+) 337 rec.
           |   |__visceral mesoderm-endoderm interaction involved in midgut development 2 rec.
           |__extracellular matrix-cell signaling
           |   |__extracellular matrix-granule cell signaling involved in regulation of granule cell precursor proliferation
           |   |__regulation of branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis by extracellular matrix-epithelial cell signaling
           |__motogenic signaling initiating cell movement in cerebral cortex
           |   |__growth factor signaling initiating cell movement involved in cerebral cortex radial glia guided migration
           |__motogenic signaling involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex
           |__motogenic signaling involved in postnatal olfactory bulb interneuron migration
           |__pollen-pistil interaction
           |   |__pollen-stigma interaction
           |   |__pollen-style interaction
           |__response to pheromone regulating conjugation with mutual genetic exchange
           |   |__adaptation to pheromone regulating conjugation with mutual genetic exchange
           |__sex determination, somatic-gonadal interaction
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Wikipedia:Cell_signaling