Term: | blood plasma response to insulin |
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Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
Name: | blood plasma |
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Definition: | Portion of organism substance that is the liquid matrix of blood. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005654] |
Name: | response to insulin |
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Synonyms: | response to insulin stimulus |
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 an insulin stimulus. Insulin is a polypeptide hormone produced by the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas in mammals, and by the homologous organs of other organisms. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0032868] QuickGO AmiGO |