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GO: Biological Process
contact inhibition
- Term ID
- GO:0060242
- Synonyms
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- detection of cell density by contact stimulus
- detection of cell density by contact stimulus involved in contact inhibition
- Definition
- The series of events in which information about the density of cells in a population is received by direct cell-cell contact and is converted into a molecular signal, resulting in the cessation of cell growth or proliferation. 17376520
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- Ontology
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