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Cell Physiological Phenomena > Signal Transduction > Mechanotransduction, Cellular
Chemical Phenomena > Biochemical Phenomena > Signal Transduction > Mechanotransduction, Cellular

Preferred term

Mechanotransduction, Cellular  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The process by which cells convert mechanical stimuli into a chemical response. It can occur in both cells specialized for sensing mechanical cues such as MECHANORECEPTORS, and in parenchymal cells whose primary function is not mechanosensory.

Entry terms

  • Cellular Mechanotransduction
  • Mechanosensory Transduction
  • Signal Transduction, Mechanical

In other languages

  • French

  • Transduction des signaux mécaniques
  • Transduction du signal mécanique
  • Transduction mécano-sensorielle
  • Transduction mécanosensorielle

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-G56FW8ZH-0

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