contact inhibition

I. Literature review

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Namecontact inhibition
IDGO_0060242
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Biological process

Alternative ID

GO:0060246, GO:0060248

Description

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.

Related synonym

detection of cell density by contact stimulus, detection of cell density by contact stimulus involved in contact inhibition

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