Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

detection of reduced oxygen by carotid body chemoreceptor signaling

Term ID
GO:0003039
Synonyms
  • detection of reduced oxygen by carotid body chemoreceptor signalling
Definition
The process in which information about the levels of oxygen are received and are converted to a molecular signal by chemoreceptors in a carotid body.
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