lateral inhibition
id: GO:0046331
name: lateral inhibition
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Signaling between cells of equivalent developmental potential that results in these cells adopting different developmental fates. An example is the suppression by cells with a particular fate of the adoption of the same fate by surrounding cells.
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0045168 | cell-cell signaling involved in cell fate commitment |
