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signaling

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0023052

The entirety of a process in which information is transmitted within a biological system. This process begins with an active signal and ends when a cellular response has been triggered. [ ]

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Label

signaling

Synonyms

biological signaling
signaling process
signalling

Subsets

goslim_pombe, goslim_yeast

IAO 0000412

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl

comment

Note that a signal is any variable property or parameter that serves to convey information, and may be a physical entity such as a gene product or small molecule, a photon, or a change in state such as movement or voltage change.

creation date

2010-02-16T09:30:50Z

has alternative id

GO:0023046

has obo namespace

biological_process

has related synonym

signalling process

GO:0023052