Term Name: heterotypic cell-cell adhesion
Synonyms:
Definition: The attachment of a cell to a cell of a different type via adhesion molecules.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0034113]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: protein binding involved in heterotypic cell-cell adhesion
is a type of: cell-cell adhesion
has subtype: atrial cardiac muscle cell-AV node cell adhesion involved in cell communication AV node cell-bundle of His cell adhesion involved in cell communication bundle of His cell-Purkinje myocyte adhesion involved in cell communication platelet rolling Purkinje myocyte-ventricular cardiac muscle cell adhesion involved in cell communication SA node cell-atrial cardiac muscle cell adhesion involved in cell communication
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of heterotypic cell-cell adhesion
positively regulated by: positive regulation of heterotypic cell-cell adhesion
regulated by: regulation of heterotypic cell-cell adhesion