Definition of Transduce

1. Verb. Cause transduction (of energy forms).

Generic synonyms: Change Over, Convert
Derivative terms: Transducer, Transduction

Definition of Transduce

1. Verb. (transitive) To convert energy from one form to another ¹

2. Verb. (transitive biology) To transfer genetic material from one bacterial cell to another ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transduce

1. [v -DUCED, -DUCING, -DUCES]

Medical Definition of Transduce

1. To effect transduction. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transduce

transdermic
transdetermination
transdialect
transdialected
transdialecting
transdialects
transdifferentiate
transdifferentiated
transdifferentiates
transdifferentiating
transdifferentiation
transdifferentiations
transdimensional
transdisciplinary
transdiscursive
transduce (current term)
transduced
transducer
transducer cell
transducers
transduces
transducin
transducin GTP phosphohydrolase
transducing
transducing vector
transducins
transductant
transductants
transduction
transductional

Literary usage of Transduce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select orations of Cicero: (Allen & Greenough's edition) by Marcus Tullius Cicero, James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1896)
"... [trana- do], 3. va, hand over, give up, give over, deliver up, surrender. — Also, pass along, hand down, teach, communicate. traduce, sec transduce. ..."

2. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"Many hormones, for instance, exert their effects in an indirect manner, through receptor proteins that transduce the signal and generate "second messengers" ..."

3. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"In order to efficiently transduce and express the GABAA receptor subunits in both neuronal and non-neuronal cell lines, we have generated retroviral vectors ..."

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