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. [ GOC:ai ]

Synonyms: down-regulation of chemotaxis, down regulation of chemotaxis, downregulation of chemotaxis

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has narrow synonym

inhibition of chemotaxis

has obo namespace

biological_process

GO:0050922

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Equivalent to:

biological regulation 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