detection of cell density by contact stimulus involved in contact inhibition

id: GO:0060248
name: detection of cell density by contact stimulus involved in contact inhibition
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 by direct cell-cell contact and is converted into a molecular signal, resulting in the cessation of cell growth or proliferation.

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