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Any biological process involved in the maintenance of the steady-state of cell number within a population of cells. The biological process involved in maintaining the steady-state of cell number within a population of free-living cells such as the bacteria in the gut. Any biological process involved in the maintenance of the steady-state of cell number within a population of cells in a tissue. Any process of regulating the production and elimination of erythrocytes within an organism. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a biological quality. A biological quality is a measurable attribute of an organism or part of an organism, such as size, mass, shape, color, etc. Any biological process involved in the maintenance of an internal steady-state. The process of regulating the proliferation and elimination of cells of the immune system such that the total number of cells of a particular cell type within a whole or part of an organism is stable over time in the absence of an outside stimulus.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: homeostasis of number of cells
Acc: GO:0048872
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Any biological process involved in the maintenance of the steady-state of cell number within a population of cells.
Synonyms:
  • homeostasis of cell number
  • cell population homeostasis
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 13 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 273 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0048872 - homeostasis of number of cells (interactive image map)
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