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response to radiation

Term Information

Accession
GO:0009314
Name
response to radiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
response to electromagnetic radiation stimulus, response to radiation stimulus
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 an electromagnetic radiation stimulus. Electromagnetic radiation is a propagating wave in space with electric and magnetic components. These components oscillate at right angles to each other and to the direction of propagation. Source: Wikipedia:Electromagnetic_radiation, GOC:jl
Comment
Note that 'radiation' refers to electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
History
See term history for GO:0009314 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of response to radiation (GO:0009314)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
response to radiation [is_a relation] is_a  response to abiotic stimulus (GO:0009628)
Children of response to radiation (GO:0009314)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
response to ionizing radiation (GO:0010212) [is_a relation] is_a  response to radiation
cellular response to radiation (GO:0071478) [is_a relation] is_a  response to radiation
response to light stimulus (GO:0009416) [is_a relation] is_a  response to radiation
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