Term Name: chemotaxis
Synonyms: taxis in response to chemical stimulus
Definition: The directed movement of a motile cell or organism, or the directed growth of a cell guided by a specific chemical concentration gradient. Movement may be towards a higher concentration (positive chemotaxis) or towards a lower concentration (negative chemotaxis).
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006935]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: response to chemical
is a type of: taxis
has subtype: aerotaxis cell chemotaxis chemotaxis to arachidonate chemotaxis to cAMP chemotaxis to folate chemotaxis to oxidizable substrate negative chemotaxis positive chemotaxis redox taxis
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of chemotaxis
positively regulated by: positive regulation of chemotaxis
regulated by: regulation of chemotaxis