AmiGO 2: Term Details for "phototransduction, visible light" (GO:0007603)

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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: None
History: See term history for GO:0007603 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to phototransduction, visible light (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to phototransduction, visible light (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for phototransduction, visible light (excluding "regulates").