AmiGO 2: Term Details for "detection of light stimulus" (GO:0009583)

Accession: GO:0009583
Name: detection of light stimulus
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: detection of light, perception of light
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The series of events in which a light stimulus (in the form of photons) is received and converted into a molecular signal. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0009583 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to detection of light stimulus (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to detection of light stimulus (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for detection of light stimulus (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
detection of light stimulus	is_a	response to light stimulus (GO:0009416)
detection of light stimulus	is_a	detection of external stimulus (GO:0009581)
detection of light stimulus	is_a	detection of abiotic stimulus (GO:0009582)

subject	relation	object
detection of visible light (GO:0009584)	is_a	detection of light stimulus
detection of light stimulus involved in sensory perception (GO:0050962)	is_a	detection of light stimulus
detection of UV (GO:0009589)	is_a	detection of light stimulus
light transducer activity (GO:0031993)	BFO:0000050	detection of light stimulus
phototransduction (GO:0007602)	is_a	detection of light stimulus
eyespot apparatus (GO:1990413)	RO:0002215	detection of light stimulus
light absorption (GO:0016037)	BFO:0000050	detection of light stimulus

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