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Transduction

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    Genetics sense. Transduction is a virus-mediated transfer of DNA from one cell to another. Although transduction was first observed in bacteriophages and bacteria, it has also been observed in retroviruses and eukaryotic cells.

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    Bioenergetics sense. Transduction refers to any of the diverse mechanisms of conversion between different types of energy, for example, from chemical to mechanical (cell motility), from electromagnetic to chemical (Photosynthesis), or from chemical to osmotic (ion pumps).

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    Cell regulation sense. Transduction refers to any of the diverse processes of conversion of information based on the use of chemical signals, for example, the hormone-mediated generation of a second messenger and its effects on metabolic flux regulation.

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  1. Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València, APDO. 22085, 46071, València, Spain

    Juli Peretó

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Peretó, J. (2014). Transduction. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1600-2

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