Term Information

Accession
GO:0006971
Name
hypotonic response
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
hypo-osmotic response
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a hypotonic environment, i.e. an environment with a lower concentration of solutes than the organism or cell. Source: PMID:12598593, GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006971 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of hypotonic response (GO:0006971)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
hypotonic response [is_a relation] is_a  response to osmotic stress (GO:0006970)
Children of hypotonic response (GO:0006971)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
hypotonic salinity response (GO:0042539) [is_a relation] is_a  hypotonic response
cellular hypotonic response (GO:0071476) [is_a relation] is_a  hypotonic response
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