hypotonic response

id: GO:0006971
name: hypotonic response
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a hypotonic environment, i.e. an environment with a lower concentration of solutes than the organism or cell.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0042539hypotonic salinity response
GO:0071476cellular hypotonic response

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006970response to osmotic stress