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Ontology Browser

Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
biological process +     
biological phase +   
biological process involved in interspecies interaction between organisms +   
biological process involved in intraspecies interaction between organisms +   
biological regulation +   
cellular process +   
detoxification +   
developmental process +   
growth +   
homeostatic process +   
immune system process +   
localization +   
locomotion +   
metabolic process +   
The chemical reactions and pathways, including anabolism and catabolism, by which living organisms transform chemical substances. Metabolic processes typically transform small molecules, but also include macromolecular processes such as DNA repair and replication, and protein synthesis and degradation.
multicellular organismal process +   
negative regulation of biological process +   
pigmentation +   
positive regulation of biological process +   
regulation of biological process +   
reproduction +   
reproductive process +   
response to stimulus +   
rhythmic process +   
viral process +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: metabolism
Narrow Synonyms: metabolic process resulting in cell growth ;   metabolism resulting in cell growth ;   multicellular organism metabolic process
Related Synonyms: single-organism metabolic process
Alternate IDs: GO:0044236 ;   GO:0044710
Xrefs: Wikipedia:Metabolism
Definition Sources: GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198547684

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