FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

negative chemotaxis

ID (Ontology)

GO:0050919 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The directed movement of a motile cell or organism towards a lower concentration of a chemical.

Also Known As

"chemoaversion" ; "chemorepulsion"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Genes
negative chemotaxis (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| negative chemotaxis

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

response to chemical__
taxis_________________|
                      chemotaxis
                       |__negative chemotaxis  22 rec.
                           |__chemorepulsion involved in embryonic olfactory bulb interneuron precursor migration
                           |__chemorepulsion involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex
                           |__chemorepulsion involved in postnatal olfactory bulb interneuron migration
                           |__chemorepulsion of axon 3 rec.
                           |   |__chemorepulsion of branchiomotor axon(+)
                           |   |__chemorepulsion of dopaminergic neuron axon
                           |   |__chemorepulsion of serotonergic neuron axon
                           |__germ cell repulsion 2 rec.
                           |__negative aerotaxis
                           |__regulation of negative chemotaxis 1 rec.
                           |   |__negative regulation of negative chemotaxis
                           |   |__positive regulation of negative chemotaxis(+) 1 rec.
                           |__synaptic target inhibition 15 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	chemotaxis
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"chemoaversion" EXACT "chemorepulsion" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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