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Category:GO:0007603 ! phototransduction, visible light
name: phototransduction, visible light
namespace: biological_process
def: "The sequence of reactions within a cell required to convert absorbed photons from visible light into a molecular signal. A visible light stimulus is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived visually by an organism; for organisms lacking a visual system, this can be defined as light with a wavelength within the range 380 to 780 nm." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "visual cascade" EXACT [PMID:1962207, PMID:9822721]
synonym: "visual transduction" EXACT [PMID:10611962]
is_a: GO:0007602 ! phototransduction
is_a: GO:0009584 ! detection of visible light
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<GOterm>GO:0007603</GOterm>
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