TRANSDUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transduction mean? 

• TRANSDUCTION (noun)
  The noun TRANSDUCTION has 2 senses:

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

2. the process whereby a transducer accepts energy in one form and gives back related energy in a different form

  Familiarity information: TRANSDUCTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSDUCTION (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

the transduction of acoustic waves into voltages by a microphone

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))

 Context examples 

It is a type of signal transduction inhibitor.

(MK0752, NCI Dictionary)

This gene is involved in signal transduction and transcriptional regulation.

(MKNK1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the apoptosis signal transduction pathway through mitochondria-dependent caspase activation.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 5, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes activin receptor type 2B protein, plays a role in ligand binding interactions pertaining to TGF-beta signal transduction.

(ACVR2B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes activin receptor type 1B protein, plays a role in signal transduction.

(ACVR1B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in protein phosphorylation and signal transduction.

(ACVR1C Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in signal transduction and the control of meioses.

(MOS Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Mothers Against Decapentaplegic Homolog 2, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in cellular signal transduction and is used as a biomarker for breast cancer.

(MUC1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

STAT5, a protein often upregulated in cancer cells, plays a key role in signal transduction pathways and the suppression of apoptosis.

(Multikinase Inhibitor SAR103168, NCI Thesaurus)