FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

cell adhesion mediator activity

ID (Ontology)

GO:0098631 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The binding by a cell-adhesion protein on a cell surface to an adhesion molecule on another cell surface or an external substrate, to mediate adhesion of the cell to the external substrate or to another cell.

Also Known As

"cell adhesion molecule" ; "protein binding involved in cell adhesion"

Comment

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Annotations

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION

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Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Genes
cell adhesion mediator activity (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
enables \| cell adhesion mediator activity

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  protein binding
   |__cell adhesion molecule binding
       |__cell adhesion mediator activity  29 rec.
           |__cell adhesion receptor activity 7 rec.
           |__cell-cell adhesion mediator activity 18 rec.
           |   |__cadherin binding involved in cell-cell adhesion
           |   |__protein binding involved in heterotypic cell-cell adhesion(+)
           |__cell-matrix adhesion mediator activity
           |   |__collagen binding involved in cell-matrix adhesion
           |   |__integrin binding involved in cell-matrix adhesion
           |   |__laminin binding involved in cell-matrix adhesion
           |__laminin receptor activity 1 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	cell adhesion molecule binding
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"cell adhesion molecule" EXACT "protein binding involved in cell adhesion" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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