Term Name: negative regulation of cell fate specification
Synonyms: down regulation of cell fate specification, down-regulation of cell fate specification, downregulation of cell fate specification, inhibition of cell fate specification, suppression of cell fate
Definition: Any process that restricts, stops or prevents a cell from adopting a specific cell fate.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009996]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: biological regulation negative regulation of cell fate commitment regulation of cell fate specification
has subtype: negative regulation of atrichoblast fate specification negative regulation of auditory receptor cell fate specification negative regulation of cardiac cell fate specification negative regulation of compound eye cone cell fate specification negative regulation of ectodermal cell fate specification negative regulation of endodermal cell fate specification negative regulation of fusion cell fate specification negative regulation of mesodermal cell fate specification negative regulation of neural crest cell fate specification negative regulation of retinal cone cell fate specification negative regulation of terminal cell fate specification, open tracheal system negative regulation of trichoblast fate specification
negatively regulates: cell fate specification