detection of light stimulus

id: GO:0009583
name: detection of light stimulus
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The series of events in which a light stimulus (in the form of photons) is received and converted into a molecular signal.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0007602phototransduction
GO:0009584detection of visible light
GO:0009589detection of UV
GO:0050962detection of light stimulus involved in sensory perception

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009416response to light stimulus
GO:0009581detection of external stimulus
GO:0009582detection of abiotic stimulus