TRANSDUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transduce mean? 

• TRANSDUCE (verb)
  The verb TRANSDUCE has 1 sense:

1. cause transduction (of energy forms)

  Familiarity information: TRANSDUCE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSDUCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they transduce    ... he / she / it transduces   
Past simple: transduced   
Past participle: transduced   
-ing form: transducing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause transduction (of energy forms)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transduce" is one way to...):

change over; convert (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

transducer (an electrical device that converts one form of energy into another)

transduction (the process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form)

 Context examples 

Transducing hormone signals into gene transcription, NRs regulate development, pattern formation, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, and homeostasis in target tissues.

(Nuclear Receptor Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Transducing cellular signals into gene transcription, NRs regulate development, pattern formation, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, and homeostasis in target tissues.

(Orphan Nuclear Receptor Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Cell surface proteins are involved in both interaction and adhesion with other cells and in transducing signals into the cellular interior.

(Monocyte Phagocytosis and Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Human autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) transduced with a retroviral vector encoding a T cell receptor (TCR) specific for the cancer-testis antigen NY-ESO-1, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(NY-ESO-1 Reactive TCR Retroviral Vector Transduced Autologous PBL, NCI Thesaurus)

LFA-1 moderates adhesion of lymphocytes with other cells and also transduces signals into cells through interaction with ICAM-1 expressed on endothelial cells.

(Adhesion Molecules on Lymphocyte Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Donor T-lymphocytes are transduced with a retroviral vector (BPZ-1001) encoding the inducible suicide gene caspase 9 (iCasp9) and linked to a drug binding domain.

(Allogeneic T-Lymphocytes BPX-501, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, Ad-hCMV-Flt3L is transduced into tumor cells and Flt3L is expressed.

(Ad-hCMV-Flt3L, NCI Thesaurus)

Allodepleted haploidentical T-lymphocytes transduced with the Gal-V pseudotyped retrovirus vector encoding SFG.iCasp9-2A-deltaCD19, with potential immune reconstitution property.

(Allodepleted Haploidentical T Cells-expressing Inducible Caspase 9, NCI Thesaurus)

One such signal-transducing adaptor molecule contains an SH3 domain that is required for induction of MYC and cell growth.

(AMSH Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

A cell-based vaccine comprised of prostate cancer cells transduced with an adenoviral vector encoding human RTVP-1 (AdRTVP-1), with potential antineoplastic and immunostimulating activities.

(AdRTVP-1-Transduced Prostate Cancer Cell-Based Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)