transduce
/trænsˈdus/
verb
- To convert one form of energy or signal into another, especially in a biological or electronic context.
- Scientists are studying how certain proteins transduce light into chemical energy.
- The inner ear transduces sound waves into electrical signals for the brain.
- The device can transduce mechanical pressure into a digital reading.
- In genetics, to transfer genetic material from one cell to another via a virus or vector.
- The virus can transduce foreign DNA into the host cell's genome.
- Researchers used a modified virus to transduce the gene into the patient's cells.
- Bacteriophages naturally transduce bacterial genes between different strains.