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negative regulation of chemotaxis

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0050922

Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of a motile cell or organism in response to a specific chemical concentration gradient. [ ]

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negative regulation of chemotaxis

Synonyms

down regulation of chemotaxis
down-regulation of chemotaxis
downregulation of chemotaxis

has narrow synonym

inhibition of chemotaxis

has obo namespace

biological_process

GO:0050922

Term relations

Equivalent to:

biological_process and negatively regulates some chemotaxis

Subclass of:

negative regulation of locomotion
negative regulation of response to external stimulus
regulation of chemotaxis
negatively regulates some chemotaxis