response to light stimulus

id: GO:0009416
name: response to light stimulus
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 a light stimulus, electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths classified as infrared, visible or ultraviolet light.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0007632visual behavior
GO:0009411response to UV
GO:0009583detection of light stimulus
GO:0009637response to blue light
GO:0009639response to red or far red light
GO:0009642response to light intensity
GO:0009648photoperiodism
GO:0009704de-etiolation
GO:0010117photoprotection
GO:0010196nonphotochemical quenching
GO:0042331phototaxis
GO:0071482cellular response to light stimulus

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009314response to radiation