TRANSDUCTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form

Example:

the transduction of acoustic waves into voltages by a microphone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("transduction" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transduction"):

microphoning (the transduction of sound waves into electrical waves (by a microphone))

Derivation:

transduce (cause transduction (of energy forms))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("transduction" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Credits

Context examples:

This gene plays a role in ligand-dependent signal transduction.

(MTNR1B Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Ras-related protein M-Ras, may play a role in signal transduction for many cellular processes.

(MRAS wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes protein zero related protein, may play a role in cell signal transduction.

(MPZL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in development and plays a role in signal transduction.

(MRAS Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes activin receptor type-1 protein, is involved in transcriptional regulation and signal transduction.

(ACVR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the modulation of signal transduction.

(Adapter Molecule crk, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in protein phosphorylation, signal transduction, cell cycle regulation and apoptosis.

(Activin Receptor Type-1B, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in tyrosine phosphorylation, endocytosis and signal transduction.

(Activated CDC42 Kinase 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in both transcriptional regulation and signal transduction.

(Achaete-Scute Homolog 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Acidic fibroblast growth factor intracellular binding protein (364 aa, 42 kD) is a cell communication process protein that is encoded by the human FIBP gene and has a role in signal transduction and B-cell activation.