FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

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"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
taxis (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| taxis

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

biological_process
 |__locomotion_____________________
response to stimulus               |
 |__response to external stimulus__|
                                   taxis  133 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
                                    |   |__regulation of chemotaxis(+) 25 rec.
                                    |__energy taxis 29 rec.
                                    |   |__aerotaxis(+)
                                    |   |__chemotaxis to oxidizable substrate
                                    |   |__negative energy taxis(+) 5 rec.
                                    |   |__phototaxis(+) 29 rec.
                                    |   |__positive energy taxis(+) 3 rec.
                                    |   |__redox taxis
                                    |   |__taxis to electron acceptor
                                    |__gravitaxis 34 rec.
                                    |   |__negative gravitaxis 7 rec.
                                    |   |__positive gravitaxis
                                    |__thermotaxis 18 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	locomotion
Part of	response to external stimulus
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"directed movement in response to stimulus" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Wikipedia:Taxis