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(genetic biology)

Grammar: noun
plural: responses
Definition: a biological reaction to a specific stimulus, by an organism or any of its parts
Example:
1. The hormone, adrenaline, interacts with its receptor, which activates sub-cellular regulatory proteins, raf and MAPk, to induce the synthesis of response proteins to alter glucose metabolism.

2. Balancing the response of many genes to diverse signals sets a cell's steady state.
Related Word: respond (verb)