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Category:GO:0060242 ! contact inhibition
name: contact inhibition
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0060246
alt_id: GO:0060248
def: "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." [GOC:dph, PMID:17376520]
synonym: "detection of cell density by contact stimulus" RELATED []
synonym: "detection of cell density by contact stimulus involved in contact inhibition" RELATED []
xref: Wikipedia:Contact_inhibition
is_a: GO:0060245 ! detection of cell density
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<GOterm>GO:0060242</GOterm>
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