detection of cell density

id: GO:0060245
name: detection of cell density
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The series of events in which information about the density of cells in a population is received and converted into a molecular signal.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0060246detection of cell density by contact stimulus
GO:0060247detection of cell density by secreted molecule

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009595detection of biotic stimulus