transduction
noun[U]
uk/ˌtrænzˈdʌk.ʃən/us/ˌtrænzˈdʌk.ʃən/transductionnoun[U](OF CELLS)
biologyspecialized
theprocessofmovinggeneticmaterial(=partof theDNAincells)from onecellorbacteriumto another using avirus:
Transduction gives researchers atooltogeneticallychangebacteria.
See also
co-transduction
- Hisdiscoveryof transduction inbacterialgenesopenedup thepossibilityofgeneticengineering.
- Thetechniqueof usingvirusestotransferDNAintobacteria, called "transduction", had notpreviouslybeen used with streptomyces.
- TransductionseemstoinvolvefragmentsofDNAtoosmallto be ofseriousecologicalimportance.
- Gene transduction with these retroviralagentsisessentiallyrestrictedtodividingcells.
Genetics
- adenine
- allele
- anaphase
- biohacker
- biohacking
- biotech
- gene amplification
- genotype
- heterozygote
- homologous
- homologue
- homozygote
- hybridization
- paternal
- ribosome
- rRNA
- segregate
- segregation
- sequence
- transgenic
transductionnoun[U](OF ENERGY)
physicsspecialized
theactofchangingenergyfrom oneformto another:
the transduction ofphysicalwavetomechanicalimpulseorelectricalsignal
Vision isbasedon the transduction oflightstimulireceivedthrough theeyes.
- Transduction is thebasicconceptbehindvoicetransmissionand refers to theconversionofenergyfrom oneforminto another.
Physics: energy, force & power
- anti-gravity
- attract
- attraction
- bar magnet
- barometric pressure
- dynamo
- frictionless
- fundamental force
- G-force
- gravitational
- high-impact
- meltdown
- propulsion
- stored energy
- strong force
- surface tension
- thermodynamic
- transduce
- unexcited
- unipolar