response to radiation

id: GO:0009314
name: response to radiation
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 an electromagnetic radiation stimulus. Electromagnetic radiation is a propagating wave in space with electric and magnetic components. These components oscillate at right angles to each other and to the direction of propagation.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009416response to light stimulus
GO:0010212response to ionizing radiation
GO:0071478cellular response to radiation

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009628response to abiotic stimulus