Term Name: cell adhesion
Synonyms: cell adhesion molecule activity, single organism cell adhesion
Definition: The attachment of a cell, either to another cell or to an underlying substrate such as the extracellular matrix, via cell adhesion molecules.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007155]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: cell adhesion mediator activity
is a type of: cellular process
has subtype: cell adhesion involved in heart morphogenesis cell adhesion involved in single-species biofilm formation in or on host organism cell adhesion involved in sprouting angiogenesis cell adhesion mediated by integrin cell-cell adhesion cell-substrate adhesion
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cell adhesion
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cell adhesion
regulated by: regulation of cell adhesion