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GO: Biological Process

cell killing

Term ID
GO:0001906
Synonyms
  • necrosis
Definition
Any process in an organism that results in the killing of its own cells or those of another organism, including in some cases the death of the other organism. Killing here refers to the induction of death in one cell by another cell, not cell-autonomous death due to internal or other environmental conditions.
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
Relationships
is a type of
has subtype
disjoint_from
negatively regulated by
positively regulated by
regulated by
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes