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Any process specifically pertinent to the functioning of integrated living units: cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. A process is a collection of molecular events with a defined beginning and end. 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. Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the rate or extent of cell proliferation in response to cell density. The cellular process by which cells stop growing or dividing in response to increased cell density. The negative regulation of cell growth in response to increased cell density.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: contact inhibition
Acc: GO:0060242
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The cellular process by which cells stop growing or dividing in response to increased cell density.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 2 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0060242 - contact inhibition (interactive image map)
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