Term Name: cell adhesion
Synonyms: cell adhesion molecule activity, single organism cell adhesion
Definition: The attachment of a cell, either to another cell or to an underlying substrate such as the extracellular matrix, via cell adhesion molecules.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007155]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: cell adhesion mediator activity
is a type of: cellular process
has subtype: cell adhesion involved in amphid sensory organ dendrite retrograde extension cell adhesion involved in dendrite retrograde extension cell adhesion involved in heart morphogenesis cell adhesion involved in prostatic bud elongation cell adhesion involved in retrograde extension cell adhesion involved in single-species biofilm formation in or on host organism cell adhesion involved in sprouting angiogenesis cell adhesion mediated by integrin cell-cell adhesion cell-substrate adhesion
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cell adhesion
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cell adhesion
regulated by: regulation of cell adhesion