detection of mechanical stimulus

id: GO:0050982
name: detection of mechanical stimulus
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The series of events by which a mechanical stimulus is received by a cell and converted into a molecular signal.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001981baroreceptor detection of arterial stretch
GO:0002000detection of renal blood flow
GO:0035995detection of muscle stretch
GO:0050974detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009581detection of external stimulus
GO:0009582detection of abiotic stimulus
GO:0009612response to mechanical stimulus