Transduction (''
trans-'' + ''
-duc-'' + ''
-tion'', "leading through or across") can refer to:
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Signal transduction, any process by which a biological cell converts one kind of signal or stimulus into another
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Olfactory transduction
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Sugar signal transduction
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Transduction (biophysics)
In biophysics, transduction is the conveyance of energy from one electron (a donor) to another (a receptor), at the same time that the class of energy changes.
Photonic energy, the kinetic energy of a photon, may follow the following paths:
* be ...
, the conveyance of energy from a donor electron to a receptor electron, during which the class of energy changes
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Transduction (genetics)
Transduction is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell by a virus or viral vector. An example is the viral transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another and hence an example of horizontal gene transfer. Transduction does n ...
, the transfer of DNA from one cell to another using a virus or viral vector
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Tbx18 transduction
Tbx18 transduction is a method of turning on genes in heart muscle cells as a treatment for certain cardiac arrhythmias. Currently this therapy is in the very early stages of experimentation, having only been applied to rodents. Before this treatme ...
, a cardiac therapy method
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Transduction (machine learning), the process of directly drawing conclusions about new data from previous data, without constructing a model
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Transduction (physiology)
In physiology, transduction is the translation of arriving stimulus into an action potential by a sensory receptor. It begins when stimulus changes the membrane potential of a receptor cell.
A receptor cell converts the energy in a stimulus into ...
, the transportation of stimuli to the nervous system
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Transduction (psychology), reasoning from specific cases to general cases, typically employed by children during their development
* A process by which a
transducer
A transducer is a device that converts energy from one form to another. Usually a transducer converts a signal in one form of energy to a signal in another.
Transducers are often employed at the boundaries of automation, measurement, and cont ...
converts one type of energy to another
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