r - A device that converts one form of energy to another. A microphone transducer (cartridge) con-verts acoustical energy (sound) into electrical energy (the audio signal). Transient Response - The ability of a device to respond to a rapidly changing input.

cause transduction (of energy forms)

deliver a heterologous gene to a cell and have it expressed.

(transduction): referring to the transfer of genetic material from one organism to another by a genetic vector, such as a virus or plasmid (see above).