chemotaxis

id: GO:0006935
name: chemotaxis
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The directed movement of a motile cell or organism, or the directed growth of a cell guided by a specific chemical concentration gradient. Movement may be towards a higher concentration (positive chemotaxis) or towards a lower concentration (negative chemotaxis).

Child Functions

idname
GO:0007411axon guidance
GO:0009454aerotaxis
GO:0009455redox taxis
GO:0034670chemotaxis to arachidonic acid
GO:0042333chemotaxis to oxidizable substrate
GO:0043326chemotaxis to folate
GO:0043327chemotaxis to cAMP
GO:0050918positive chemotaxis
GO:0050919negative chemotaxis
GO:0052216chemotaxis in environment of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction
GO:0060326cell chemotaxis

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0042221response to chemical stimulus
GO:0042330taxis