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GO term:cell communication
GO id:GO:0007154
Definition:Any process that mediates interactions between a cell and its surroundings. Encompasses interactions such as signaling or attachment between one cell and another cell, between a cell and an extracellular matrix, or between a cell and any other aspect of its environment.
Number of paths to term: 2

is-adenotes an 'is-a' relationship
part-ofdenotes a 'part-of' relationship
regulatesdenotes a 'regulates' relationship
positively-regulatesdenotes a 'positively-regulates' relationship
negatively-regulatesdenotes a 'negatively-regulates' relationship


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-acellular process
                        is-asingle-organism cellular process
                                is-aactin cortical patch organization +
                                is-aactin filament-based process +
                                is-ablood microparticle formation +
                                is-acell activation +
                                is-acell adhesion +
                                is-acell adhesion molecule production +
                                is-acell aging +
                                is-acell communication [GO:0007154] (5485 genes, 15028 annotations)
                                        is-aaxon target recognition
                                        is-acell communication by chemical coupling +
                                        is-acell communication by electrical coupling +
                                        is-acell communication involved in cardiac conduction +
                                        is-acell-cell signaling +
                                        is-acellular response to extracellular stimulus +
                                        is-aextracellular matrix-cell signaling +
                                        is-amotogenic signaling initiating cell movement in cerebral cortex +
                                        is-amotogenic signaling involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex
                                        is-amotogenic signaling involved in postnatal olfactory bulb interneuron migration
                                        negatively-regulatesnegative regulation of cell communication +
                                        is-apollen-pistil interaction +
                                        positively-regulatespositive regulation of cell communication +
                                        is-aregulation of basal lamina disassembly involved in semicircular canal fusion by cell communication
                                        regulatesregulation of cell communication +
                                        is-aresponse to pheromone involved in conjugation with mutual genetic exchange +
                                        is-asex determination, somatic-gonadal interaction
                                        part-ofsignal transduction +
                                        part-oftransmission of nerve impulse +
                                is-acell competition in a multicellular organism
                                is-acell cycle +
                                is-acell cycle process +
                                is-acell death +
                                is-acell division +
                                is-acell growth +
                                is-acell junction organization +
                                is-acell projection organization +
                                is-acell recognition +
                                is-acell wall organization or biogenesis +
                                is-acellular component disassembly +
                                is-acellular component maintenance +
                                is-acellular component movement +
                                is-acellular developmental process +
                                is-acellular homeostasis +
                                is-acellular localization +
                                is-acellular membrane organization +
                                is-acellular pigmentation +
                                is-acellular potassium ion transport +
                                is-acellular response to stimulus +
                                is-achromosome number maintenance
                                is-achromosome segregation +
                                is-acontact inhibition +
                                is-acytoplasm organization +
                                is-adendritic spine organization +
                                is-aDNA packaging +
                                is-aensheathment of neurons +
                                is-aestablishment or maintenance of cell polarity +
                                is-aestablishment or maintenance of cell type involved in phenotypic switching
                                is-aexecution phase of apoptosis +
                                is-aexternal encapsulating structure organization +
                                is-aextracellular structure organization +
                                is-afibril organization +
                                is-aG0 to G1 transition +
                                is-aG1 to G0 transition +
                                is-agene silencing +
                                is-ageneration of a signal involved in cell-cell signaling +
                                is-aintercellular transport +
                                is-aintermediate filament-based process +
                                is-alight absorption +
                                is-amaintenance of blood-brain barrier
                                is-amaintenance of location in cell +
                                is-amembrane docking +
                                is-amicrotubule organizing center attachment site organization
                                is-amicrotubule-based process +
                                is-anegative regulation of cellular component organization +
                                is-anucleoid organization +
                                is-aorganelle organization +
                                is-aperiplasmic space organization
                                is-aphotoreceptor cell outer segment organization
                                is-aplasmid maintenance +
                                is-aplastoglobule organization
                                is-aregulation of cellular component size +
                                is-areversion of cell type to default state involved in phenotypic switching
                                is-asecretion by cell +
                                is-asignal maturation +
                                is-asignal release +
                                is-asingle-celled organism vegetative growth phase +
                                is-astomatal movement +
                                is-asynapse organization +
                                is-asyncytium formation +
                                is-aterminal button organization +
                                is-atranslational initiation +
                                is-atransmembrane transport +
                                is-atransposition +
                                is-avesicle targeting +


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-asingle-organism process
                        is-asingle-organism cellular process
                                is-aactin cortical patch organization +
                                is-aactin filament-based process +
                                is-ablood microparticle formation +
                                is-acell activation +
                                is-acell adhesion +
                                is-acell adhesion molecule production +
                                is-acell aging +
                                is-acell communication [GO:0007154] (5485 genes, 15028 annotations)
                                        is-aaxon target recognition
                                        is-acell communication by chemical coupling +
                                        is-acell communication by electrical coupling +
                                        is-acell communication involved in cardiac conduction +
                                        is-acell-cell signaling +
                                        is-acellular response to extracellular stimulus +
                                        is-aextracellular matrix-cell signaling +
                                        is-amotogenic signaling initiating cell movement in cerebral cortex +
                                        is-amotogenic signaling involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex
                                        is-amotogenic signaling involved in postnatal olfactory bulb interneuron migration
                                        negatively-regulatesnegative regulation of cell communication +
                                        is-apollen-pistil interaction +
                                        positively-regulatespositive regulation of cell communication +
                                        is-aregulation of basal lamina disassembly involved in semicircular canal fusion by cell communication
                                        regulatesregulation of cell communication +
                                        is-aresponse to pheromone involved in conjugation with mutual genetic exchange +
                                        is-asex determination, somatic-gonadal interaction
                                        part-ofsignal transduction +
                                        part-oftransmission of nerve impulse +
                                is-acell competition in a multicellular organism
                                is-acell cycle +
                                is-acell cycle process +
                                is-acell death +
                                is-acell division +
                                is-acell growth +
                                is-acell junction organization +
                                is-acell projection organization +
                                is-acell recognition +
                                is-acell wall organization or biogenesis +
                                is-acellular component disassembly +
                                is-acellular component maintenance +
                                is-acellular component movement +
                                is-acellular developmental process +
                                is-acellular homeostasis +
                                is-acellular localization +
                                is-acellular membrane organization +
                                is-acellular pigmentation +
                                is-acellular potassium ion transport +
                                is-acellular response to stimulus +
                                is-achromosome number maintenance
                                is-achromosome segregation +
                                is-acontact inhibition +
                                is-acytoplasm organization +
                                is-adendritic spine organization +
                                is-aDNA packaging +
                                is-aensheathment of neurons +
                                is-aestablishment or maintenance of cell polarity +
                                is-aestablishment or maintenance of cell type involved in phenotypic switching
                                is-aexecution phase of apoptosis +
                                is-aexternal encapsulating structure organization +
                                is-aextracellular structure organization +
                                is-afibril organization +
                                is-aG0 to G1 transition +
                                is-aG1 to G0 transition +
                                is-agene silencing +
                                is-ageneration of a signal involved in cell-cell signaling +
                                is-aintercellular transport +
                                is-aintermediate filament-based process +
                                is-alight absorption +
                                is-amaintenance of blood-brain barrier
                                is-amaintenance of location in cell +
                                is-amembrane docking +
                                is-amicrotubule organizing center attachment site organization
                                is-amicrotubule-based process +
                                is-anegative regulation of cellular component organization +
                                is-anucleoid organization +
                                is-aorganelle organization +
                                is-aperiplasmic space organization
                                is-aphotoreceptor cell outer segment organization
                                is-aplasmid maintenance +
                                is-aplastoglobule organization
                                is-aregulation of cellular component size +
                                is-areversion of cell type to default state involved in phenotypic switching
                                is-asecretion by cell +
                                is-asignal maturation +
                                is-asignal release +
                                is-asingle-celled organism vegetative growth phase +
                                is-astomatal movement +
                                is-asynapse organization +
                                is-asyncytium formation +
                                is-aterminal button organization +
                                is-atranslational initiation +
                                is-atransmembrane transport +
                                is-atransposition +
                                is-avesicle targeting +


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