AmiGO 2: Term Details for "detection of cell density" (GO:0060245)

Accession: GO:0060245
Name: detection of cell density
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The series of events in which information about the density of cells in a population is received and converted into a molecular signal. Source: GOC:dph
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0060245 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to detection of cell density (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to detection of cell density (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for detection of cell density (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
detection of cell density	is_a	detection of biotic stimulus (GO:0009595)

subject	relation	object
quorum sensing (GO:0009372)	is_a	detection of cell density
contact inhibition (GO:0060242)	is_a	detection of cell density

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