FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term contact inhibition ID (Ontology) GO:0060242 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The series of events in which information about the density of cells in a population is received by direct cell-cell contact and is converted into a molecular signal, resulting in the cessation of cell growth or proliferation.[ PubMed:17376520 ]
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  detection of biotic stimulus
   |__detection of cell density
       |__contact inhibition
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  • "detection of cell density by contact stimulus" RELATED
    "detection of cell density by contact stimulus involved in contact inhibition" RELATED
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