Term Name: negative regulation of chemotaxis
Synonyms: down regulation of chemotaxis, down-regulation of chemotaxis, downregulation of chemotaxis, inhibition of chemotaxis
Definition: 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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0050922]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: biological regulation negative regulation of locomotion negative regulation of response to external stimulus regulation of chemotaxis
has subtype: negative regulation of astrocyte chemotaxis negative regulation of axon extension involved in axon guidance negative regulation of axon guidance negative regulation of cell chemotaxis to fibroblast growth factor negative regulation of chemokine activity negative regulation of chemotaxis to arachidonate negative regulation of endothelial cell chemotaxis negative regulation of endothelial cell chemotaxis to vascular endothelial growth factor negative regulation of fibroblast chemotaxis negative regulation of leukocyte chemotaxis negative regulation of muscle cell chemotaxis toward tendon cell negative regulation of negative chemotaxis negative regulation of positive chemotaxis negative regulation of Schwann cell chemotaxis negative regulation of smooth muscle cell chemotaxis
negatively regulates: chemotaxis