response to UV

id: GO:0009411
name: response to UV
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 ultraviolet radiation (UV light) stimulus. Ultraviolet radiation is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 to 380 nanometers.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009589detection of UV
GO:0009650UV protection
GO:0010224response to UV-B
GO:0010225response to UV-C
GO:0034644cellular response to UV
GO:0043478pigment accumulation in response to UV light
GO:0070141response to UV-A

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009416response to light stimulus