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cell communication

Description

"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." [GOC:mah]

Parents

cellular process

Identifier

GO:0007154

Hierarchy

gene ontology entity

biological_process

cellular process

cell communication

	axon target recognition
	cell-cell signaling
	determination of muscle attachment site
	extracellular matrix-granule cell signaling involved in regulation of granule cell precursor proliferation
	motogenic signaling initiating cell movement in the cerebral cortex
	motogenic signaling involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex
	motogenic signaling involved in postnatal olfactory bulb interneuron migration
	pollen-pistil interaction
	response to extracellular stimulus
	response to pheromone during conjugation without cellular fusion
	sex determination, somatic-gonadal interaction
	signal transduction