FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

regulation of cell shape

ID (Ontology)

GO:0008360 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Any process that modulates the surface configuration of a cell.

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Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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regulation of cell shape (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| regulation of cell shape

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

cell morphogenesis
 |__regulation of cell morphogenesis______________
regulation of anatomical structure morphogenesis  |
 |__regulation of cell morphogenesis______________|
biological regulation                             |
 |__regulation of biological quality______________|
                                                  regulation of cell shape  54 rec.
                                                   |__establishment or maintenance of cell polarity regulating cell shape 3 rec.
                                                   |   |__establishment of cell polarity regulating cell shape(+)
                                                   |   |__establishment or maintenance of bipolar cell polarity regulating cell shape(+)
                                                   |   |__establishment or maintenance of monopolar cell polarity regulating cell shape
                                                   |   |__regulation of establishment or maintenance of cell polarity regulating cell shape
                                                   |__regulation of direction of cell growth
                                                   |   |__cell growth mode switching, bipolar to monopolar
                                                   |   |__cell growth mode switching, monopolar to bipolar
                                                   |   |__negative regulation of direction of cell growth
                                                   |   |__positive regulation of direction of cell growth
                                                   |__regulation of embryonic cell shape 30 rec.
                                                   |   |__dorsal closure, elongation of leading edge cells 9 rec.
                                                   |__regulation of establishment or maintenance of cell polarity regulating cell shape
                                                       |__negative regulation of establishment or maintenance of cell polarity regulating cell shape(+)
                                                       |__positive regulation of establishment or maintenance of cell polarity regulating cell shape(+)
                                                       |__regulation of establishment of cell polarity regulating cell shape(+)
                                                       |__regulation of establishment or maintenance of bipolar cell polarity regulating cell shape(+)

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Is a	regulation of cell morphogenesis regulation of biological quality
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