Transduction Definition

trăns-dŭkshən, trănz-
noun
The transfer of energy from one system to another.
Webster's New World
The transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another by a bacteriophage, which may lead to the acquisition of a new gene by the recipient.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Transduction

Noun

Singular:
transduction
Plural:
transductions

Origin of Transduction

  • From Latin transductus past participle of trānsdūcere to transfer transducer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • transduce +"Ž -tion

    From Wiktionary

Transduction Sentence Examples

  • Transgenic mice produced by retroviral transduction of male germ-line stem cells.

  • The " hcl NAP " is the simplest form of a mechanical to neural transduction.

  • Reviews the role of calcium in signal transduction in guard cells.

  • Information coming from this project suggests ways in which biological energy transduction systems might have evolved in primitive life.

  • Her particularly interest is in reversible phosphorylation of proteins, the main regulatory mechanism in signal transduction pathways.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

transduction

Words Starting With T and Ending With N

Starts With T & Ends With NStarts With TR & Ends With NStarts With T & Ends With ON

Word Length

12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With T12 Letter Words Ending With N