Term Information

Accession
GO:0007603
Name
phototransduction, visible light
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
visual cascade, visual transduction
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The sequence of reactions within a cell required to convert absorbed photons from visible light into a molecular signal. A visible light stimulus is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived visually by an organism; for organisms lacking a visual system, this can be defined as light with a wavelength within the range 380 to 780 nm. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:go_curators
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0007603 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of phototransduction, visible light (GO:0007603)
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phototransduction, visible light [is_a relation] is_a  detection of visible light (GO:0009584)
phototransduction, visible light [is_a relation] is_a  phototransduction (GO:0007602)
Children of phototransduction, visible light (GO:0007603)
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rhodopsin mediated signaling pathway (GO:0016056) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  phototransduction, visible light
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