GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006971 - hypotonic response
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006971
- Name
- hypotonic response
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- 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 detection of, or exposure to, a hypotonic environment, i.e. an environment with a lower concentration of solutes than the organism or cell.
