FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term taxis ID (Ontology) GO:0042330 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to an external stimulus.[ ISBN:0192801023 ]
Also Known As "directed movement in response to stimulus"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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 taxis (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1
     involved_in | taxis       1
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  biological_process
   |__locomotion
       |__taxis  134 rec.
           |__chemotaxis 55 rec.
           |   |__aerotaxis(+)
           |   |__cell chemotaxis(+) 10 rec.
           |   |__chemotaxis to arachidonate
           |   |__chemotaxis to cAMP
           |   |__chemotaxis to folate
           |   |__chemotaxis to oxidizable substrate
           |   |__negative chemotaxis(+) 22 rec.
           |   |__positive chemotaxis(+) 7 rec.
           |   |__redox taxis
           |__energy taxis 30 rec.
           |   |__aerotaxis(+)
           |   |__chemotaxis to oxidizable substrate
           |   |__negative energy taxis(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__phototaxis(+) 30 rec.
           |   |__positive energy taxis(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__redox taxis
           |   |__taxis to electron acceptor
           |__gravitaxis 34 rec.
           |   |__negative gravitaxis 7 rec.
           |   |__positive gravitaxis
           |__interneuron sorting involved in substrate-independent cerebral cortex tangential migration
           |__thermotaxis 18 rec.
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Is a locomotion
Part of response to external stimulus
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