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Light Signal Transduction

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Definition: The conversion of absorbed light energy into molecular signals.  phototransduction in plants or microorganisms or non-image forming/non-visual phototransduction goes here; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION, VISUAL see VISION, OCULAR is also available   
See Also Photoreceptors, Microbial; Photoreceptors, Plant
Examples Vision, Ocular 		Other names Transduction, Light Signal; Signal Transduction, Light; Phototransduction

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