response to radiation
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- Accession
- GO:0009314
- Ontology
- biological process
- Synonyms
- exact: response to electromagnetic radiation stimulus
- exact: response to radiation stimulus
- Definition
- 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:
GOC:jl, Wikipedia:Electromagnetic_radiation]
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