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GO:0009372 quorum sensing

The process by which single-celled organisms monitor their population density by detecting the concentration of small, diffusible signal molecules produced by the cells themselves.

Term Information

ID GO:0009372
Name quorum sensing
Ontology Biological Process
Definition The process by which single-celled organisms monitor their population density by detecting the concentration of small, diffusible signal molecules produced by the cells themselves.
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GO slim nameCount of all terms
goslim_pir470

Synonyms

Type Synonym
exact quorum sensing system

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Database ID
Wikipedia Quorum_sensing
INTERPRO IPR003815

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0051704 multi-organism process
GO:0065007 biological regulation
GO:0065008 regulation of biological quality
GO:0042592 homeostatic process
GO:0048872 homeostasis of number of cells
GO:0048874 homeostasis of number of cells in a free-living population
GO:0009372 quorum sensing

Relationship key

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regulates
+ve regulates
-ve regulates

Child Terms

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P GO:0010699 cell-cell signaling involved in quorum sensing
I GO:0052097 interspecies quorum sensing
I GO:0052100 intraspecies quorum sensing

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Ppart of
Iis a

Protein Annotation

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Qualifier colocalizes_with contributes_to NOT NOT|colocalizes_with NOT|contributes_to
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